What the Government and the PSOE are doing in relation to Venezuela is an indignity and pure mockery of all Spaniards. Because the fact that, in the midst of the scandal over Ábalos's encounter with the number two of the Chavista regime - a matter of which almost everything remains to be clarified - Zapatero has run to meet in Caracas with Delcy Rodríguez and Maduro , confirms that Moncloa maintains some dangerous game with the Bolivarian dictatorship that stains the exterior image of Spain. In politics there are no innocent coincidences. Nor can we think that in such a sensitive matter for our diplomacy, the former president will act for free, although yesterday Foreign was unmarked . If you are acting as a link between Sánchez and Maduro, it would be of extraordinary gravity that requires immediate explanations.

There was a time when the former socialist president carried out a real mediation work between the Chavista tyranny and the opposition to seek a dialogue solution to the political conflict in Venezuela. But it has not been that role for years. First, because Maduro not only did not have the will to negotiate, but he slid down the totalitarian path and ended the last democratic springs that remained in the country, as he demonstrated when he gave a self-coup to strip the National Assembly of its functions , with an opposition majority that won at the polls. And, second, because Zapatero's choice for the Chavista thesis disqualified him as a valid interlocutor for the opposition . Therefore, it is not known what purpose their repeated trips to Caracas have, as what they go to and with what endorsements. In any case, its actions condition the maneuverability of the Government of Spain and mark its foreign policy with Latin America.

Do not forget that from Moncloa, Zapatero is still not required to explain the plot of his former ambassador to Venezuela, Raúl Morodo . As EL MUNDO has revealed, Chavismo gave him 35 million euros with some goal that remains unclear, which certainly does not begin or end in his only personal enrichment for his pretty face.

The turn in the policy towards Venezuela is very worrying, seriously compromising the interests of Spain, without any justification to the public opinion or to the Parliament. It has happened that our country was aligned with its EU and US partners in recognition of Juan Guaidó as president in charge of the Caribbean country to make a move on his recent visit to Madrid while entertaining Bolivarian forestry. In the White House, as a spokesman stressed yesterday, there is great discomfort for the episode of Delcy Rodríguez , which shows that the Spanish Government is not complying with the sanctions imposed on Venezuela. Ábalos could incur in prevarication ; his refusal to assume political responsibilities pushes the matter to be prosecuted.

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