Macri: "We support democracy more than ever in Venezuela"

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Mauricio Macri

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crisis in Venezuela.

The head of state, furious criticism of the regime of

Nicolás Maduro,

he asked reports to his team at all times and held
the release of the leader of the opposition, Leopoldo López.

"We support more than ever democracy in Venezuela, we celebrate the liberation of Leopoldo López and we accompany the struggle of the Venezuelan people to regain their freedom, we recognize the president in charge of Guaidó, the National Assembly, and we do not do not know the authority of dictator Maduro, "said the president via Twitter.

"We hope that the moment will be decisive for the reconstruction of democracy, that the long anguish that led to the suffering and fear of Venezuelans ends and begins a period of freedom, common sense and growth. the Argentines ".

Macri also warned that the story of the "last 20 years" in the Caribbean country "leaves a lesson and a warning to the whole region: when democracies move away towards messianic personalities and populism, they become sooner or later dictatorships ".

As Venezuela goes through one of the most critical days of the year, a group of armed and anti – Chavez National Guards liberated López from his house arrest and then encircled the airbase. The Carlota in Caracas. Macri has asked Chief of Staff Marcos Peña, Chancellor Jorge Faurie and Secretary of Strategic Affairs Fulvio Pompeo, to know each of the steps entrusted to them by the President in charge, Juan Guaidó.

"The president asked to follow the situation in Venezuela," he said.
THE NATION Pompeo Casa Rosada are convinced that the latest actions show that Maduro is weak.

The requirements of the Lima group

In the afternoon, Faurie had a conversation with her Grupo Lima peers, who issued a statement of support for Guaidó. The Governments of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela "expressed their full support for the constitutional process and popular people engaged by the Venezuelan people, under the leadership of the president in charge.to restore democracy in Venezuela, and reject the fact that this process be called a coup d'etat. "

In addition, they demanded "full respect for the life, integrity and freedom of all Venezuelans, and in particular all members of the National Assembly and all the leaders of the armed forces. Venezuelan democratic politics, as well as the immediate release of political prisoners. "

They also asked the Venezuelan Armed Forces to "show their loyalty" to Guaidó, "as part of his constitutional role as commander-in-chief of the same". And they reiterated in Maduro the need to "end the usurpation so that it can begin the democratic transition, constitutional normalization and economic and social reconstruction of Venezuela".

Earlier, the Foreign Minister said that the government "was monitoring the developments of this day" and said that "the spirit of freedom that encourages the Venezuelans at this time has the support of the Argentineans reigns the democracy in Venezuela sister ".

In the antechamber of the mobilization to be held tomorrow, Gaudió warned: "We are here today, we will resist here." The officer in charge remains at the head of the military uprising in Caracas, surrounded by hundreds of followers in the Plaza de Altamira and escorted by officers of the National Guard, aviation soldiers and agents Bolivian intelligence services, which fired in the air to alert the revolutionary forces.