“I don’t recognize it”: Petro’s statements that Maduro’s government won’t like

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said this Saturday that he does not recognize Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro as the ruler, who swore in January for a third term after his questioned re-election, but pointed out that blocking that country does not solve any problems.

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, again marked distance with Nicolás Maduro this Saturday, reiterating from the city of Pasto, in Nariño, that he does not recognize him as a legitimate ruler, although he warned that blocking Venezuela does not solve any problems. “I did not recognize the Maduro government and I do not recognize him, but I believe that the solution is no longer to block Cuba and Venezuela. They are sending people to hunge…

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, urged that the sanctions against Venezuela cease to stop, among other things, the migration crisis. “I did not recognize the Maduro government and I do not recognize it, but I believe that the solution is no longer to block Cuba and Venezuela. They are sending people to hunger, and the people do not let themselves die of hunger,” said the president during a television speech. In this regard, he stressed …