A plane carrying past Latin American presidents who were traveling to Venezuela to observe the government’s upcoming elections this trip was denied entry to the country’s president on Friday, according to President Jose Raul Mulino.
Previous Filipino leader Mireya Moscoso and other ex-presidents were denied consent to board the plane as long as they remained on board, according to Mulino on social media.
This was expected to” the siege of Colombian airspace”, he wrote.
The United States urged Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro to refrain from influencing the political process and stated that it would “recalibrate” its punishment pending the results of the vote.
What do we hear about the event?
Past presidents Vicente Fox of Mexico, Miguel Angel Rodriguez of Costa Rica, and Jorge Quiroga of Bolivia were scheduled to fly with Moscoso to Venezuela. The four original officials are all solid critics of Maduro’s state.
Fox shared X footage from inside the airplane. He wrote:” Venezuela we are with you, no matter what happens”.
Panama’s foreign government summoned the Colombian representative for an explanation.
Sunday’s presidential elections in Venezuela trap the incumbent, President Maduro, against opposition member Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.
Maduro is running for president for a second time, but surveys show that he is now trailing Urrutia. But, Maduro now has control over almost all of the state’s administrative bodies, including the political committee and the armed forces.
Urrutia himself is a former minister and belongs to a social empire made up of legal society, trade unions, retired military officers, and former politicians.
Washington to review restrictions
The United States stated on Friday that it would alert Maduro if he claimed success without providing any evidence.
A senior, unknown US national said it was “deeply concerning” that Maduro’s state limited the number of foreign observers.
According to the official who was quoted by the Reuters news agency,” The United States is prepared to evaluate our sanctions policy in relation to events as they may emerge in Venezuela.”
” We may continue to review and update our punishment plan as needed based on our foreign policy objectives as we look at the post-electoral time.”
