Vicente Fox accuses Venezuela of an ‘attack on democracy’

With the petition “Freedom for Venezuela,” the former president of Mexico, Vicente Fox, accused an “attack on democracy” following the virtual victory of Nicolás Maduro in the Venezuelan presidential elections.

Through his X account, the former PAN president wrote: “FREEDOM FOR VENEZUELA! In this attack against democracy in Venezuela, two types of people are revealed: democrats who condemn violence, authoritarianism and fraud. And those who decide to remain silent as accomplices.”

He also backed opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González and former candidate María Corina Machado. “We will not remain silent. We are with you,” he wrote.

Vicente Fox’s statement comes after the plane in which he was I was traveling to be an observer of the Venezuelan election day along with other Latin American presidents, was arrested in Panama for “blocking Venezuelan airspace.” The former president accused Nicolás Maduro of committing another of his “misdeeds.”

Meanwhile, on Monday morning, Nicolás Maduro was declared president-elect of Venezuela in the midst of controversial elections. However, in a televised speech, Maduro described his victory as a “triumph of peace and stability” and “of the idea of ​​equality”He denied allegations of electoral fraud.