Nicolás Maduro, after the words of Alberto Fernández: "Whoever says that Venezuela is a dictatorship is stupid"

CARACAS.- The
President of
Venezuela,
Nicolás Maduro, entered the
controversy triggered by the
candidate of
In front of all,
Alberto Fernandezwho a few weeks ago said that in the
Caribbean country there was not a
dictatorship but one
authoritarian government, and said that whoever says such a thing is "
dumb".

In an interview published by the newspaper
Folha of San Pablo, the
mandatory
chavista says, "Say that
Venezuela is a dictatorship is a historical stupidity. And whoever says that's stupid. "

Thus, the Venezuelan president responded to criticism from left-wing leaders in the region who questioned the Bolivarian regime. The journalist spoke about the cases of the former Uruguayan president
"Pepe" Mujica -who thought that in Venezuela there was a dictatorship,
Alberto Fernandez -who speaks of an "authoritarian government" in Venezuela where "abuses" are committed, although he refuses to call it a dictatorship-, and the former Chilean president
Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who introduced
in a blunt report the violations of human rights that are committed in this country.

In this regard, she replied that she had had a "long conversation with Bachelet" when she was in Venezuela and that she had "a strong controversy with her", while considering that she was "in the middle of her life". in his report there were "lies" and statements "without any evidence". On the completion of the UN team report, he added: "People have spoken, but they have not listened to it.They have not seen the l & # 39; the immense effort our people are making in the midst of the deeply criminal economic blockade.
To say that Venezuela is a dictatorship is a historical stupidity. Whoever says that's stupid. "

– Even Mujica?

-Anybody.

Alberto Fernández said that there were abuses.

-Who says it, where he says it, it's stupid. Venezuela is respected;
Venezuela is a solid democracy, threatened and besieged. At the moment when Venezuela is undergoing its biggest siege,
attacking it from left or center left is cowardice against a noble peoplewho has resisted and will continue to resist and win with the votes. That's our advantage. And, like all attacks, like all miseries and aggression, they could not with us. They will not be able to. As I always say, our strength is true. We are really. I'm not here to be a wizard, a wizard. I am here because there is a conscious people and a popular force that will continue to give historical examples.

In addition, Maduro compared the Venezuelan opposition related to the
Leopoldo Lopez with the president of
Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, and stated that he was working for peace as the country was preparing to defend its territory in the event of military intervention. "Bolsonaro is an ideological extremist," he said
his admiration for (the Chilean dictator Augusto)
Pinochet, What is the
Hitler "It is stupid for Bolsonaro to declare himself an admirer of Pinochet and to say that the Bolivarian revolution is a dictatorship," he said.

To justify his position, the so-called "son of Chávez" said that over 20 years, 25 elections were held at all levels of administration and that Chavez's forces won in 23, many of which have been denounced by the opposition as illegal. several, including the ban on several unofficial candidates.

"Of the 23 governors, 19 are Bolivarian, out of 335 mayors, 307 are ours, by vote, all we have is by popular vote," he said.

Without guaidó

Yesterday, the Venezuelan government announced the launch of dialogues and a first agreement with an opposition sector located outside of its main opponent,
Juan Guaidó, enraged president, who dropped the talks sponsored by Norway. "An agreement was signed today that opens the doors to a grand dialogue for peace, national coexistence," Maduro said on television.

Signed in front of the members of the diplomatic corps, the pact provides for the immediate return to the Parliament of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) – the only power controlled by the opposition – from which it was withdrawn in 2016.

It also establishes a "table of
dialogue"and engage four movements with a minority presence in Congress." They will join the
National Assembly the PSUV fraction and the allied fractions, "says the accord, for which Cuba, Maduro's main ally in the region, was seeking international support, while Guaidó described the agreement as
"irresponsible."

AFP and Telam agencies