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Scheinbaum on the arrest of Maria Karina Machado: “We have never advocated the criminalization of political opposition, but we have to wait to see what happened”
Claudia Sheinbaum continues to juggle to match her government’s position in the face of the Venezuelan crisis. Regarding the confusing arrest and subsequent release this Thursday of opposition leader María Karina Machado, she said: “First you should listen carefully to the information, I think she is going to give a conference today to find out what happened. In any case, we have never advocated the criminalization of political opposition, we don’t agree with that, of course we respect the sovereignty of the people, but hey, we have to wait and see what happened because we don’t know. This is our opinion and we do it in Mexico, we don’t persecute anyone for their ideas or opinions. I am not saying that it should be done elsewhere, but in general we do not agree with it, there should be freedom”.
Months ago, the president of Mexico asked the president of the South American country, Nicolás Maduro, to hand over the results of the elections of last July, which, according to the consensus of the international community, gave victory to the opposition candidate Edmundo González. Now, in an attempt to appear neutral, Scheinbaum ended up sending the Mexican ambassador to Venezuela as his administration’s representative for Maduro’s inauguration, effectively legitimizing the Chavista leader. “We defend our foreign policy from the sovereignty of the Venezuelan people, they should decide, there should be no interference, but the Venezuelan people decide. “Not just as a personal opinion, but as the president, this is our country’s foreign policy.”
In contrast to Scheinbaum, Chilean President Gabriel Boric, one of the main representatives of the Latin American left, has hardened his stance against Maduro. “From the political left, I tell you that the government of Nicolás Maduro is a dictatorship,” he said Thursday after learning of Karina Machado’s arrest. When asked about the Chilean’s statements, the Mexican president answered: “I would not like to enter into a controversy.”
