’There Is No Democracy in Venezuela,’ Says Mexican Foreign Minister Videgaray Leon Hernandez - Miami Herald
go to original May 31, 2017

Venezuela protests intensify, more flee country as crisis deepens (Al Jazeera)

Venezuela lacks democracy, its regime has authoritarian traits and poses risks for the Latin American region, said Mexico's foreign secretary, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray Caso, guest of the Americas Conference Series with Andrés Oppenheimer, speaks on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at the Braman Miller Center of the University of Miami., adding that his country would plead for a ruling on the case at the meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization of American States on Wednesday in Washington.

"Mexico will not stop using all diplomatic channels, including the OAS, in order to have a constructive impact on achieving a peaceful solution to the restoration of democracy. We have a country that, in fact, is no longer a functional democracy. Today it is not a democracy,” he said Tuesday during a town hall-style conversation with Miami Herald columnist Andrés Oppenheimer, organized by the Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald at the University of Miami.

During the conversation, Videgaray Caso discussed the situation in Venezuela, Mexico's trade relations with the United States and immigration, among other issues.

The Mexican foreign minister said "the situation in Venezuela is extremely serious" and explained that he would expect the "international community to show interest.”

When asked if there is a dictatorship in Venezuela, he said "we are seeing authoritarian traits and it is something that should concern us all" in the region.

... Videgaray said that Mexico will also provide diplomatic aid to help with humanitarian aid to alleviate the shortage of medicines and food.

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Related: The Organization of American States Fails to Find Common Ground as Venezuela Burns (Deutsche Welle)

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