- The proposal was made by the Panamanian president through his account on the social network X | Main photo: EFE
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino proposed on Tuesday, August 6, that a regional summit of presidents be held in his country to address the crisis in Venezuela, following the presidential elections of July 28 and the proclamation of Nicolás Maduro as re-elected president by the National Electoral Council (CNE).
“I have asked the Panamanian Foreign Minister Javier Martínez Acha to speak with his counterparts in the area regarding inviting a meeting of presidents in Panama to address the issue of Venezuela and to try out more actions that support democracy and the popular will of the sister country. I hope and trust that the proposal will be accepted soon,” Mulino wrote in a message on his account on the social network X.
Argentine presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni also said that the president of that country, Javier Milei, considered that the possibility of holding a Latin American summit on the situation in Venezuela would be “interesting.”
The official said during a press conference at the Casa Rosada (headquarters of the Argentine government) that “it is something that can easily happen but it is not planned or ruled out.”
Countries such as Panama, Peru, Uruguay and Costa Rica have recognized the victory of Edmundo González in the presidential elections.
After the Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina, Diana Mondino, recognized as “legitimate winner and president-elect” To Edmundo González, in a message published on its social networks, the Foreign Ministry released a statement in which it indicated that the Executive “is following the events in Venezuela with extreme attention and concern in order to make a definitive statement.”
“We are not in a position to proclaim a winner because we are waiting to have all the necessary elements to be able to do so. We cannot go out and say whatever comes to mind,” said Manuel Adorni at the press conference, in which he asked people to be “very cautious.”
Similarly, U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller clarified on August 5 that while he has recognized the standard-bearer of Venezuela’s largest opposition coalition, Edmundo González Urrutia, as the winner of the elections, he still does not recognize him as president of the country, and called on Chavismo and the opposition to negotiate a democratic transition.
“We are not at that point yet (of recognizing him as president). We are in close contact with our partners in the region, especially Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, to find a way forward,” Miller said in a statement.
Brazil and Spain insist that the minutes be presented
On August 6, Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira spoke by telephone with his Spanish counterpart, José Manuel Albares, and both insisted on the need to publish the minutes of the electoral process in Venezuela.
The Brazilian Foreign Ministry reported on the conversation on its social media and indicated that the ministers “agreed on the need for the Venezuelan National Electoral Council to present the data broken down by voting tables.”
Vieira received the call from Albares in Santiago de Chile, where he is accompanying Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on a state visit, who discussed the Venezuelan situation with his Chilean counterpart, Gabriel Boric.
The governments of Colombia, Brazil and Mexico They asked for August 1st to the authorities to reveal the electoral records of the presidential elections in Venezuela.
“We are closely following the vote counting process and we call on the electoral authorities of Venezuela to move forward expeditiously and to make public the data broken down by voting table,” the Colombian government said in a statement.
With information from EFE
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2024-08-07 12:35:00
