By Luis De Jesus
04 Aug 2024, 18:21 PM EDT
Argentine President Javier Milei said on Sunday that Venezuela is a dictatorship and launched harsh criticism towards politicians and journalists who choose to remain silent about the situation in Venezuela.
He described the country, where Nicolás Maduro is in power, as a communist system that “kidnaps, tortures and kills” those who oppose it.
In a series of statements published on his social media, Javier Milei accused these sectors of being “complices by action or omission” with respect to what he considers an oppressive regime.
Milei, known for his libertarian stance and criticism of communism, was one of the first leaders to denounce the results of the recent presidential elections in Venezuela as a fraud and an electoral scam.
He also questioned those who recognize the supposed victory of Nicolás Maduro and accused them of supporting a “dictator.”
Accomplices, by action or omission.
In Venezuela there is a Communist Dictatorship that kidnaps, tortures and kills anyone who opposes them. No intellectually honest person can deny this reality.
Doesn’t it strike you that all the politicians, journalists,…
— Javier Milei (@JMilei) August 4, 2024
“You will never hear progressive and well-meaning journalists say that communism is a murderous ideology,” Milei said.
He added that communism always leads to a “bloody and murderous dictatorship, like fascism” and asked if they prefer to support Maduro or Venezuelan opposition leaders like María Corina Machado.
Javier Milei’s statements provoked various reactions, including that of Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino, who initially stated that the “legitimate winner and president-elect” of the elections in Venezuela was Edmundo González Urrutia.
However, Argentina’s Foreign Ministry later qualified this position and indicated that it hopes to make a definitive statement on the issue.
The Argentine president concluded by accusing those who remain neutral of continuing to be “great accomplices of the Argentine decadent disaster.” He also warned centrists to define themselves clearly and warned them that their neutrality will reveal their true position regarding the events in Venezuela.
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