Pedro Sánchez has decided not to receive the president in charge of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, in La Moncloa this Saturday, when the Venezuelan leader will be in Madrid. This controversial decision threatens to break even the position of the PSOE, as important party leaders believe that Spain must clearly bet on the president recognized by the European Union or the US, as the socialist leader did a year ago.

Felipe González said Friday in a statement that he supports Guaidó as "the only legitimate representative democratically, in accordance with the Constitution of Venezuela" against "the tyranny of Maduro" and his "spurious support", among which he cites the "call constituent assembly ", the Supreme Court and the military dome, which support the dictator.

González thus breaks into the controversy in the face of the most ambiguous position held by Sánchez or that of the other former socialist president, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, who on Friday has bet in an interview in the Cadena Ser for "a change of focus" in the face of the crisis from Venezuela. And for being "prudent" in the relationship with both parties.

Felipe González is not pronounced before Sanchez's decision not to receive Guaidó - who this week has met with the presidents of the United Kingdom, Germany and France, among others. But he does say that he is "in communication" with the Venezuelan leader and has expressed his support. "Democracy in Venezuela has disappeared," the statement of the former socialist president concludes, "and has been replaced by a tyrannical dictatorship that has turned the republic into a failed state."

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