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December 3, 9655

Will More Nations Establish Warmer Ties With Maduro?

Argentine President Alberto Fernández (pictured) said last month that he wants to re-establish full diplomatic relations with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government. // File Photo: Argentine Government.

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Maria Eugenia Vidal, former governor of Buenos Aires province: “Resuming full diplomatic relations with the Nicolás Maduro regime means a setback in the fight for democratic normalization and the search for respect for human rights and political, individual and press freedoms. At Juntos por el Cambio, we have expressed our firm rejection of the Nicolás Maduro dictatorship’s appointment of a new ambassador to our country and also Argentina’s appointment of an ambassador to Venezuela until full democracy is restored there. In our government, President Macri was very active in his interest in seeking a normalization of the internal political situation in Venezuela through a peaceful and democratic solution. Without interfering in the internal affairs of another state, we closely follow the investigations and serious complaints that weigh on the Venezuelan government in the International Criminal Court and the results of the Bachelet report, which certified the existence in Venezuela…”

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