The president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, thanked the president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, this Wednesday for rejecting the immigration measures imposed by the United States and El Salvador against Venezuelan citizens, which violate human rights.
Through Telegram, Nicolás Maduro emphasized that “solidarity and brotherhood are demonstrated in difficult times, and this relationship with our sister country Bolivia has been like that.”
He also recognized Arce’s stance as a gesture of “conscience and tenacity” in “raising his voice in support of our migrants who today are victims of grave violations of their human rights by the governments of the United States and El Salvador, sad heirs to the barbaric slavery of bygone eras.”
The Venezuelan leader’s statements came after his Bolivian counterpart sent him a letter condemning policies that “criminalize people based on their nationality.”
The Bolivian president warned that actions such as arbitrary detentions, deportations without legal guarantees, and confiscation of property “violate the rule of law and humanitarian principles.”
In recent days, Venezuelan Minister of Communication and Information Freddy Ñáñez accused the far right of being behind the sending of Venezuelans to El Salvador as part of a political strategy to destabilize the government of President Nicolás Maduro.
During his radio program “Cable a Tierra,” Ñáñez stated that this maneuver “was not an idea from the United States,” but rather a direct proposal from Venezuelan opposition groups to the U.S. administration. He also mentioned that government investigations revealed that a group of 10 Venezuelans linked to the center-left political party Voluntad Popular is behind the recent events.
