Mario Vargas Llosa asked to redouble international pressure against Maduro: "The beast who will die defends itself with nails and teeth"

The Nobel Prize for Peruvian Literature Mario Vargas Llosa called for redoubling international pressure against Nicolás Maduro, whose regime "feels stuck" and may "shed even more innocent blood".

"The beast who is going to die defends tooth and nail and there is no doubt that the diet, now that it feels stuck and senses its end, can cause a lot of pain and shed even more innocent blood", warned Vargas Llosa in an article published this Sunday in The country.

"That's why it's It is essential that countries and international democratic institutions increase the pressure against the Maduro government, extending the thanks to the presidency of Juan Guaidó and in the National Assembly, "said the writer who describes the Chavez regime as a" totalitarian dictatorship ".

Vargas Llosa applauded that "the mobilization of the democratic world, starting with the Western countries, has been something new", referring to the recognition of Guaidó, self-proclaimed interim president, on behalf of the United States and many Latin American countries, among others.

Sunday at midnight, an ultimatum launched in Maduro by France, Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, Portugal and the Netherlands to accept "free elections" or to recognize the Guaidó.

"Things have already gone too far and the first priority now is to end the Maduro dictatorship as soon as possible so that free elections can be convened and that Venezuelans can finally devote themselves to the reconstruction of their country, "added the 82-year-old writer.

(With information from AFP)