Venezuela offers to "defend the sovereignty" of Nicaragua

The government of Nicolás Maduro, through Chancellor Jorge Arreaza, expressed his "unconditional" support for Daniel Ortega's regime during the celebration of the 39th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution.

Chancellor Jorge Arreaza, offered today to "defend the sovereignty" of Nicaragua, during the celebration of the 39 anniversary of the revolution that overthrew the dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle in 1979.

"Know, President Daniel Ortega, that if the Bolivarian people, the revolutionaries of Venezuela, we were to come to Nicaragua, defend the sovereignty and independence of Nicaragua, offer our blood to Nicaragua, we would go like Sandino, on the mountain of Nueva Segovia " said Arreaza to the Central American leader. The Sandinista public

The South American Chancellor made the offer at a delicate time for Nicaragua, a country that is going through a cruel crisis. s sociopolitical, which left more than 351 dead in protests against the Ortega government.

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The words of Arreaza add to the speculations about the presence presumed Venezuelan and Cuban military officers who, according to the denunciations of Nicaraguan demonstrators, accompany the "combined forces" used by the government when it attacks different cities, where it considers that there are demonstrations

Ortega, who claimed that the crisis attempted a coup attempt, welcomed the offer, and thanked "the message that the Chancellor of the Republic of Venezuela's sister has brought . "

"A very young Chancellor, who spoke to us with his heart, when he speaks of the desire of Venezuelans to accompany our battles," he said.

Former Cuban Chancellor, Bruno Rodríguez, showed his solidarity with what he considered "interventionist actions".

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"We reiterate our solidarity with Nicaragua in the face of interventionist actions and attempts to destabilization of the nation, which has caused considerable human losses and material damage, which threaten the security of citizens and economic and social progress, "he said. Venezuela and Cuba were the only high-level representatives of the state who accompanied Ortega in the most important celebration of the Sandinista National Front of Liberation (FSLN).

Nicaragua is going through the most bloody socio-political crisis since the 1980s, also with Ortega as president.

Protests against Ortega began on April 18 because of failed reforms to the Social Security and became a claim that calls for the resignation of the president, after eleven years in power, with charges of abuse and of corruption against him.