For the first time since their arrival in Spain,

Leopoldo López father and son

debated Venezuelan news at Madrid Business Forum.

The two, the MEP of the Popular Party and the opposition leader, agreed: "Spain can do more" for the Venezuelan democratic cause.

"Spain has the historical and moral duty to do everything necessary and to exert the necessary pressure," said Leopoldo López Gil, while his son insisted on international support to fight a

"dictatorship"

allied with Russia, China, Turkey. , Iran and Cuba, the powerful league of authoritarian countries.

Faced with such power, the opposition leader sees in the arrival of Joe Biden to the White House a "window of opportunity" thanks to his commitment to multilateralism.

"There was a gap bigger than the Atlantic Ocean between the US and Europe. We hope that now they can be articulated in a common policy, in a coordinated manner, with pressure tools to achieve a political agreement that allows free elections," added López, who contributed an example:

the sanctions against Russia

for the Navalny case.

"We have raised the need for simultaneous and individual sanctions between Europe and the US against corrupt and human rights violators, who are identified in the UN reports. This would send a very clear message," he certified.

For these free elections, the opposition demands an independent National Electoral Council (CNE) that establishes a schedule of presidential and parliamentary elections with international observation;

that the opposition leaders be rehabilitated

, as well as that power be retaken in the expropriated parties.

"Our great challenge is to maintain the fight, to keep Venezuelans mobilized by the dream for freedom. That the flame does not go out," said López Jr., who gave another example of the "tough battle" they face against Maduro and his allies : for every 10,000 messages that the opposition displays on social networks, the Bolivarian revolution emits one and a half million.

The

Plus Ultra airline

scandal

also appeared at the conference.

"It is curious that a company with a 56% shareholding linked to the Maduro regime has been chosen for the rescue. They have also been given the monopoly of the Caracas-Madrid route, the only one authorized for this route is Plus Ultra. It is a a very delicate message for the Spanish people, "the MEP stressed.

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