From Panama, Pope Francis called for a "just and peaceful solution" to "overcome the crisis" in Venezuela

Pope Francis wished this Sunday, the last day of his trip to Panama, a solution "just and peaceful"for Venezuela it allows" to overcome the crisis "in this country.

"Here in Panama I have thought a lot about the Venezuelan people, whom I feel particularly united these days. Faced with the grave situation in which he finds himself, I ask the Lord to seek and carry out a a just and peaceful solution to overcome the crisis, while respecting human rights and desiring exclusively the good of all the inhabitants of the country, "he said in a message addressed to Casa Hogar El Buen Samaritano.

The pontiff is in Panama, where today ended the XXXIV World Youth Day, a pastoral event organized by the Catholic Church, which is arriving for the third time in Latin America, the context of the harsh political and economic crisis in Venezuela that has generated a wave of violence, an increase in poverty and misery and the exodus of millions of Venezuelans.

On Wednesday, the head of the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, was proclaimed acting president in defiance of Nicolás Maduro's chauvinist regime and in order to call elections, which has generated a strong global division between countries that recognize one or the other agent.

Since then, a statement by Pope Francis was awaited in view of the situation in Venezuela, which It seems plunged into a crossroads in anticipation of the position of the armed forces and members of the Maduro government.

In this regard, Maduro went Sunday to Fort Paramacay to begin a series of military maneuvers. "We prepare the most important exercises in history", said shortly before the words of the pontiff, according to the chain VTV.

"We will demonstrate military power and civico-military operational capability, we are in the preparatory phase of deploying forces," Maduro continued.. "Stand on the ground to defeat this imperialist coup attempt that aims to impose a puppet government, maximum unity, maximum discipline, no one will prevent us from being happy."he concluded.