The Diplomat In the last few hours, the regime of Nicolás Maduro accused the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, of supporting a "fascist coup d'état" in Venezuela. In response to the note issued on Saturday by Borrell on behalf of the Twenty-Seven, indicating that the EU will only recognize complete and verifiable results of the elections held in Venezuela on July 28, the Maduro Government made public, in turn, a statement with harsh qualifications for the community position and for the High Representative. Caracas called Borrell's text a "dirty statement," saying that with it "they sink that block again into the putrid mud," in addition to showing the "hatred and complex of this official, who at the end of his mandate and under instructions from the United States of America intends to show his interventionist and neocolonial behavior, supporting a fascist coup d'état" in the country.In a statement, the Maduro Administration warned the EU that its "continued disrespect for the sovereignty and independence of Venezuela and its public powers" could become "a new leap into the void that will considerably affect diplomatic, political and economic relations." Through its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yvan Gil, the Bolivarian regime rejected Borrell's statements and assured that "it will not tolerate any senseless act that violates the principles enshrined in the Constitution and international law, and will appeal to the Bolivarian, anti-colonial and anti-imperialist doctrine that inspired the struggles that it expelled from the "The sacred soil of the homeland to the European empires more than 200 years ago." The Chavista government demanded "respect for its integrity" and urged the EU to "refrain from issuing any opinion on matters that concern, exclusively, Venezuelans." The community block again urged the electoral body to "publish and verify independently the official voting records of all the centers."Despite Maduro's announced victory, the main opposition coalition - the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) - insists on the "victory" of its standard-bearer, Edmundo González Urrutia, based on "83.5% of the records" that it claims to have obtained through people who were witnesses and members of the table during the electoral day. Opposition leader María Corina Machado, on the other hand, expressed her gratitude on social media X for the EU's decision not to recognise the results that gave Maduro the victory in the elections, nor for the Supreme Court's decision that endorsed them. Machado thanked the Twenty-Seven for their position "for demanding that popular sovereignty be respected and thus advance in the transition to democracy." Meanwhile, the executive vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, reproached the PP deputy Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo for her defense of "her lapdogs," in reference to the leaders of the Venezuelan opposition and reminded the "marquise of fascism" that Venezuela became independent from the Spanish Crown two centuries ago. "Today we are proud of not having allowed her to touch the sacred soil of Bolívar with her infamous extremism, cultivator of hatred," she added, responding to a message from Álvarez de Toledo on her X account, in which she referred to Rodríguez as "corrupt," "repressive," "torturer," "sanctioned," "the one with the suitcases," the close ally of (José Luis Rodríguez) Zapatero. Álvarez de Toledo shared on the account the non-legislative proposal that the Popular Group has presented in the Congress of Deputies for Edmundo González Urrutia to be recognized by the Spanish Government as the winner of the elections in Venezuela. The PP text includes ten points, among them that Spain leads the recognition of the opposition candidate in European and international institutions, as well as the immediate cessation of reprisals against peaceful protests and the release of political prisoners. Along these lines, they request a reinforcement of the security measures of opposition leaders, such as María Corina Machado and Edmundo González. The 'popular' initiative also calls for Rodríguez Zapatero to be singled out for his "whitewashing of the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro" and for the European Union to promote the reinstatement and extension of sanctions against the leaders of the Bolivarian regime.
