The Church of Venezuela believes that the papal mediation is "unachievable"

The church of Venezuela sees "unsustainable""A mediation of the pope in crisis the institutional one that crosses the country, according to the perspective of the Cardinal Baltazar Porras, the highest ecclesiastical authority of the Caribbean nation.

"I think that given the circumstances, a papal mediation is not viable because it is actually a call to converse with a blank page, but to discuss this. that, without a prerequisite program, that is what the government is doing permanently ", she emphasized Porras.

The cardinal made these statements after hearing that a few days ago, President Nicolás Maduro had sent him a message. letter to Francisco to ask him "your best efforts, your will"To help dialogue with the opposition led by the self-proclaimed interim president, Juan Guaidó.

The pope answered him Tuesday on his return from the historic trip that he had made United Arab Emirates.

The highest authority of the Catholic Church He stated that "in order for mediation to be possible, the will of both parties is necessary, which is a condition before requesting facilitation or mediation. We are always available. "

Porras described as "mockery" the request for mediation to the Pope. "He was summoned to Vatican and the Popewho wanted to send someone and everything was nothing. It was a mockery, you have to call it like that. "

He was also very critical about Maduro's attitude: "We have already seen the answer that the GovernmentWhat is already traditional is that when he looks tight, with water around his neck, he calls his friends from countries that are not completely reliable for the cause of democracy and because we think that's not the right way, "he said.

With regard to the alleged differences between the position of the Pope and the Church of Venezuela, Porras said that "all this has been the management of the media: There is a criterion unit. complete and total action and a permanent relationship between the Vatican and us ".

"The Pope has repeated it more than once, that he is and that he feels with the episcopate that has been put face to face and that we have full support and integer of Holy father", Stressed the ecclesiastical authority.

He said that "everyone must fulfill their role and it is our turn first (Venezuelan clergy); we have the first obligation to face. "

"We told the government that he wants to address the Holy Father, that's fine, but he must first go through us because there is total harmony " highlighted Finally, the high authority of the church has painted a picture of the crisis that is going through Venezuela "The situation is worsening, human rights violations have worsened and the population is seeking a peaceful solution through the protests."

Lock to help

Venezuelan authorities tried yesterday to prevent the entry from Colombia of humanitarian aid blocking a border bridge.

On the bridge Small shops, which unites the Colombian city of Cúcuta and the town of Ureña, at the western end of Venezuelayou could see a tank truck, a trailer and an improvised fence.

Guaidó said that food and medicine would begin to arrive in the country despite the objections of Mature But the chavist chief and andl Supreme Court of Justice rejected the aid stating that there was no urgent situation Venezuela