The Diplomat
A new episode of attacks on Spain from the Bolivarian regime in Venezuela, this time focused on King Felipe VI, after he praised democracy in Colombia and described the country as “an example of humanity”, in reference to the reception of Venezuelan refugees.
The person in charge of launching the attacks on this occasion was the deputy Diosdado Cabello, considered the “number two” of Chavism and who has held important posts in Venezuela under both Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro, and who has already lashed out at the King on other occasions.
In a television programme broadcast on Wednesday night, Cabello criticised the words of the monarch, whom he described as “lazy”. “Who is he,” he wondered, “to talk about democracy, a guy who comes because Franco thought of it…”
Cabello, vice-president of Venezuela’s ruling party and wanted by the United States, which considers him to be involved in drug trafficking activities, exclaimed, “What a disgrace for the Spanish people that a guy like this goes around the world talking about democracy!”.
He added: “Meanwhile, they have a rapper in prison because he said that his father (King Juan Carlos) stole a few reales… In other words, the thief is on the loose and the person who denounced him is in prison”.
The Spanish Foreign Ministry has not commented on the insults made by Diosdado Cabello, who currently holds no position in the Venezuelan government or high institutions.
