Mujica says "drums of war" continue in Venezuela

MONTEVIDEO.- Uruguayan President Jose "Pepe" Mujica said the "drums of the war" were still ringing in Venezuela and called on the international community not to "wash their hands".

In statements to local television, the former president discussed the Venezuelan crisis and the meeting in Montevideo the day after tomorrow, in which representatives of the Lima Group and the European Union will participate. looking for a democratic solution.

"The international community should not wash their hands because it has begun to intervene because it was put to the vote, since it was decided to take direct responsibility for mobilizing elections with international guarantee in Venezuela, "said Mujica, from Frente Amplio, in power.

At the meeting on Thursday, he said that "for the moment" he continued to "see the drums of the war in the Caribbean" and stressed the need to call elections with international guarantees to avoid a war.

"What are you asking for from the current Venezuelan regime? See you! See you without conditions and then we will see what we are doing." And a senior US official threatens to take Maduro to Guantánamo and others. creation is a circuit of war, if you want to avoid war, you have to create an option to which they can participate and which all have a margin, "he said.

Mujica said that he did not think that the self-proclaimed interim president and president of the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, could "in the best of intentions of his country, hold elections" in Venezuela.

ANSA Agency