In an eight-page letter to opposition
leader Leopoldo Lopez, Luis Almagro highlighted the climate of
"intimidation" against the political opposition in Venezuela and
those working to recall leftist President Nicolas Maduro. "No regional or
subregional forum can ignore the reality that today in Venezuela there is no
democracy or rule of law," Almagro said, calling Lopez a
"friend." "Under no circumstances should power be used... to
prevent the sovereign will of the people from being expressed." The former
foreign minister of Uruguay said Venezuelans are a "victim of
bullying". The Venezuelan government "seeks to maintain its power and
deny the people the right to make decisions through voting, by resorting to
violence against those demonstrate or hold other opinions," Almagro said. "It
has crossed a line, which means it is the end of democracy."More…
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