The government celebrated "with hope" the release of Leopoldo López: "Venezuelans must recover democracy"

"Argentina salutes with hope the Liberation of Leopoldo López in Venezuela, carried out by soldiers in obedience of the president in charge Juan Guaidó ", This is the message that Chancellor Jorge Faurie published in his social networking accounts shortly after the intervention of the anti-Chavez military forces. "Venezuelans must recover democracy", said the Chancellor, in dialogue with TN.

Lopez was released by dissident soldiers and stands next to the interim president of Venezuela. Leader of the opposition Voluntad Popular party, he had been under house arrest since July 2017 after being sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for inciting violence during protests against the leader of the chavist regime three years ago. . Nicolás Maduro, in which 43 people died.

Faurie said that for Mauricio Macri "It is a joy to know that Leopoldo López is free" and recalled that the president "from the first moments of his administration demanded the release of Lopez". He explained that the head of state "is constantly informed" of the situation in Venezuela after the rise of military dissidents in the regime of Chavez.

He indicated that he was in contact with Guaidó's ambbadador before the Lima Group, Julio Borges, as well as with the rest of the Foreign Ministers who make up this organization. "We are all very attentive to the extremely positive fact of Lopez's freedom," he said.

"All the countries that make up the group are very attentive to what is happening in Venezuela, the important thing is that they can regain democracy and imprisoned political figures be released," he said. . Faurie said the process "creates the conditions to boost elections" in Venezuela.

Argentina was one of the first countries to recognize Guaidó as Venezuela's president when he held the National Assembly and proclaimed himself in that position. The government also Elisa Trotta recognized Gamus as ambbadador of the government of Guaidó in the country.

Laidez was pardoned by Guaidó and is at the base of La Carlota in Caracas, which is actually a small airfield located near the municipality of La Merced in Caracas. In his first statements since his release, Lopez said that "the time has come for all Venezuelans go out on the streets to recover freedom ".

"All Venezuelans who want the freedom to come here to accompany our brave soldiers to the people," asked the leader of the opposition. "We know that the suffering of the people is your suffering, the suffering of the armed forces is the same suffering of the people, who lives in hunger and hardship, we all want a change," he said.