MADRID 9 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Yván Gil, accused the opposition leader María Corina Machado this Thursday of attempting “a false flag operation”, indirectly alluding to the arrest reported by her campaign team after participating in a demonstration on the outskirts from Caracas.
“Mrs. María Corina Machado attempted a false flag operation, mocking the right and international fascism, which immediately came out to lie as usual,” said the representative of Venezuelan diplomacy in a message on his official Telegram channel.
“The virulence of the reaction of governments and international extremist figures only points out the complicity between those who do not accept that the opposition is a complete failure, and act as always making a major fool of themselves,” added Gil, who recalls that Machado He has “several legal cases” open.
In the text, Gil slips that Machado’s arrest would have been false news spread by his campaign team, which beyond warning about the news has not provided more details about it. An alleged video of Machado is circulating on social networks acknowledging that she has not been arrested.
In fact, the Venezuelan Foreign Minister has echoed this alleged video and has taken the opportunity to call what happened around Machado a “show.” “Who would think of putting on such a show to cover up the resounding failure of their call today?” he asked.
Machado’s campaign team has reported this Thursday that the opposition leader has been “violently intercepted” after participating in an opposition rally on the outskirts of Caracas called by herself with the aim of showing support for the opposition candidate Edmundo González in the face of his election. possession on Friday.
Shortly after, the governments of several countries, including Spain, have come forward to demand the immediate release of the opposition leader; while, on the other hand, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has slipped on his social networks that Machado’s arrest could be “fake news.”