The relations between Venezuela and Cuba will be reviewed by the government of the South American nation, in case the opposition candidate Edmundo González wins the upcoming presidential elections.
"We need to review our relations with Cuba, because it is not just about the SAIME (Automated Identification, Migration, and Foreigner Services), the topic of ports and airports, identification documents, intelligence services, in short, there is a wide range of cooperation there that will have to be reviewed in light of the current situation," González said in an interview with Voice of America.
The words of Nicolás Maduro's contender, the current president who aspires to be reelected for a second term with the support of the secret services of the Cuban regime, should be a cause for concern for the leaders of the Island.
However, Edmundo González stated that the relationships of his country, under his hypothetical mandate, will be with all the nations of the planet.
"We are going to have relations with all the countries in the world, relations based on peace and respect and in the interests of the country; not under ideological interests," he assured, leaving the door open to dialogue with authoritarian governments in the region, such as Cuba, Nicaragua, and even going beyond those boundaries.
He also referred to a transition process between the current government and his own, if the opposition band were to win, and specified that they would "offer all the guarantees that we have to offer so that there is a peaceful and secure transition here."
Likewise, the candidate, along with his team, "is very confident that we will advance a profound change in Venezuela, that we will reinstitutionalize the country, we will recover democracy, and we will establish a government for everyone and where everyone fits. Let the reunion of Venezuelans and the return of all Venezuelans living abroad come."
Edmundo González was appointed as the united candidate of the Venezuelan opposition just a month ago, following the disqualification of María Corina Machado, a prominent figure in politics, unable to hold public office for 15 years after a ruling by the Supreme Court in January.
However, Machado has been by the candidate's side and has even taken part in campaign events where he himself could not be present.
On the other hand, recently the Organization of American States (OAS) presented the seventh annual report of the Casla Institute, responsible for sharing with Latin America the lessons on democracy and economy that can be drawn from the transformation of the former communist countries in Eastern Europe.
That study, conducted by independent international experts, denounces Cuban advice in the repressive machinery of Venezuela and requests the International Criminal Court to investigate its intervention and participation in the commission of crimes against humanity in Venezuela.
The results of these investigations come at a time when both regimes have had frequent approaches. The first, during the visit of Cuban leader Miguel Diaz-Canel to Venezuela on the occasion of the summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA).
The second was during an official visit to the Island by the Venezuelan Chancellor Yvan Gil Pinto, to whom he assured that Cuba will maintain "cooperation with Venezuela as long as you need it".
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