Maduro, Machado Reject Calls From Lula, Petro, Biden for a Second Venezuelan Election
‘I don’t practice microphone diplomacy,’ Maduro says.
In a bid to cling to power, Venezuela’s dictator is rejecting the Brazilian, Colombian, and American calls for a new election, as the opposition leader criticizes the idea with equal distaste but the opposite rationale, branding it as “disrespect” to the Venezuelan people.
President Maduro is rejecting the suggestion by Presidents Lula and Petro’s of a new election or any kind of call for a transition of political power in Venezuela. He is claiming that his Brazilian, Colombian, and American counterparts have no right to publicly tell Venezuela how it should proceed.
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