In dialogue with La W, former President Andrés Pastrana spoke about the crisis in the country and pointed out that “Nicolás Maduro has promoted and financed a scaffolding of vandalism and weakening of the public force, which seeks destabilize the country and promote a new Venezuela in Colombia”.
The former president noted that “The enemy is not the students or the unions but the Venezuelan regime” and pointed out that this situation had already been warned.
“Since October 2019, Maduro said that the Bolivarian breeze was coming in Colombia. Former President Lenin Moreno had also warned, “he said.
Pastrana also referred to the meeting he had with President Iván Duque and revealed that the President asked him to help improve relations with the parties in the United States.
He also revealed that the president offered him the Colombian Embassy in Washington, that he rejected the position and that he spoke of possible names to replace Ambassador Francisco Santos, if President Duque decides.
Regarding the national strike, Pastrana pointed out that he recognizes the legitimate protest and pointed out that “the Police should not go out armed to accompany the demonstrations.” He also opposed the possibility of using the military to confront the protests.
Regarding the 2022 elections, Pastrana assured that we must look for “a consensus candidate from the center right” who faces Gustavo Petro “What is the candidate that represents Venezuela?”.
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