President of Colombia Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday that “there are no cowards left.” In response to my Venezuelan colleague Nicolas Madurowho criticized governments that do not condemn alleged attempts to attack them.

“There are no cowardly leftists, there is a possibility “Through deepening democracy, changing the world” wrote the head of state in his account X.

Peter also assured that “today’s revolution is the transformation of the world through deepening democracy,” and recalled that “(Hugo) Chavez’s magic was to offer democracy and change in the world.”

The President of Colombia accompanied his publication with a video in which Maduro attacks leftist governments for failing to condemn alleged attempts to attack them and calling them cowards.

There are no cowardly leftists, there is a possibility that through deepening democracy the world can be changed.

Chavez’s magic was to offer democracy and change in the world.

Today’s Revolution: Transforming the World by Deepening Democracy https://t.co/rUgNmSLaj1

— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) March 27, 2024

“I am being persecuted not only for the purpose of an attempt on my life, as was demonstrated yesterday when two persons from the terrorist movement “Vente Venezuela” were detained, there will be twenty terrorists there. They are silent (…) right-wing governments are silent. Cowardly leftists, they are unable to condemn the blowsattempts against revolution, against peace,” Maduro said.

Previously, the Colombian government expressed its Concern over the difficulties of the Venezuelan opposition in registering their candidacies in the presidential elections on July 28.

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“Colombia expresses concern about recent developments regarding the registration of certain presidential candidates, especially regarding the difficulties that have arisen faced most sectors of opposition such as the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) and the Vente Venezuela Movement and others,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

For the government of Colombia, one of Maduro’s main allies in the region, these decisions could “tarnish the confidence of some sectors of the international community.” in the transparency and competitiveness of the electoral process, which will culminate in the presidential elections on July 28.”

The PUD, Venezuela’s main opposition coalition, condemned on Monday that failed to nominate historian Corina Joris and rejected the fact that the National Electoral Council (CNE) did not explain the reasons.

(EFE)