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The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, will not finally participate in the Ibero-American summit in

, despite the fact that the organization confirmed his telematic intervention.

He will be replaced by his vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, sanctioned by the EU along with other leaders as "responsible for human rights violations and undermining democracy and the rule of law in

."

The Chavista regime will be equally represented with her.

But

meant a real stress test for the summit, in which the

and all the Ibero-American presidents participate, except for the Brazilian, Jair Bolsonaro, and the Mexican, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Increasingly isolated in the subcontinent due to the reproach of the international community, the summit returned

to the international front line, amid the debate about the impact of the coronavirus, access to vaccines and the need to stimulate economic recovery. Despite his rejection of the Ibero-American summits, on this occasion his speech was taken for granted, which was also going to be the last, because each country intervenes in alphabetical order.

Last night the first doubts about their participation arose and finally the organization confirmed it this morning.

From some areas, it had been claimed that the person attending the summit was Juan Guaidó, recognized for a few months as president in charge by the

and by

and who is now considered just one more voice of the opposition.

The Government justified the presence of

in that the invitation was extended by the

.

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