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Guaidó expects to meet in Colombia with delegations at summit called by Petro

Guaidó expects to meet in Colombia with delegations at summit called by Petro
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April 24 |

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó announced that he arrived in Colombia where he will request to meet with the delegations that will participate in the International Conference on Venezuela convened by the president of that country, Gustavo Petro.

“I hope that the summit can ensure that the Maduro regime returns to the negotiating table in Mexico and a credible timetable for free and fair elections is agreed upon as a solution to the conflict,” Guaidó stated in a statement released on his Twitter account.

The opposition leader, who claimed to have crossed the border on foot, said he will hold meetings with the Venezuelan diaspora and stressed that his struggle seeks to make the “rights of Venezuelans count”.

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“The struggle for the freedom of Venezuela demands to do it united, and goes through achieving the necessary guarantees for a primary that is respected and that is the unifying factor of the majority. For this struggle to work, we must ensure that the presidential election is really an opportunity for change and reunion for Venezuela”, the statement said.

The Colombian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that because “only countries invited to this dialogue will participate”, Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva Duran did not invite Guaidó, “so his attendance at the conference is not counted on”.

“As has been publicly and repeatedly stated, the conference is a meeting space with part of the international community,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Guaidó, who until January was considered interim president after the 2015 Parliament voted to eliminate the interim government he presided over and leave in office a Council of Administration and Protection of Assets, assured that the government has raised threats against him in recent days and demanded the cessation of persecution against his family and the freedom of the nearly 300 politicians in Venezuela.

In 2019, after proclaiming himself interim president of Venezuela, at the request of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice prohibited Guaidó from leaving the country.

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However, on several occasions he has defied the measure against him and has left the country. Guaidó has participated in two international tours that have taken him to the US, Colombia and several countries in Europe.

Over the weekend, a delegation of the Unitary Platform of the opposition met with Petro and said they hoped that from the initiative in Bogota would emerge an “exhortation” for the return to negotiations with the government in Mexico.

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