Nicolás Maduro suspended his journey to the Dominican Republic as a result of covid-19 – Muricas News

The participation of Nicolás Maduro within the Ibero-American Summit had generated some expectation, however lastly The president of Venezuela needed to cancel his journey to the Dominican Republic after testing optimistic for covid-19.

As reported this Saturday by his vice chairman, Delcy Rodríguez, Maduro was knowledgeable on Friday night time by his medical doctors of “a optimistic outcome” in a PCR check.

“This led to the suspension of his participation within the Ibero-American Summit,” added the official, who stated that this Saturday two new checks have been carried out “with damaging outcomes.”

“All the pieces signifies that it was a false optimistic”Rodríguez specified via his Twitter account.

On Friday, on the inauguration of the Ibero-American Summit, the grasp of ceremony introduced that Maduro would attend the plenary session of heads of state and authorities this Saturday.

The Venezuelan chair was occupied by Overseas Minister Yván Gil throughout the debate this morning.

Maduro met in Caracas on Friday with the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, in a gathering of which no particulars have been disclosed.

In complete, 14 heads of state and authorities are current on the assembly. One of many nice absentees is the Brazilian Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a terrific promoter of regional integration, who begins a tour of China this weekend. Nor did the Mexican Andrés Manuel López Obrador or the Nicaraguan Daniel Ortega journey to the Dominican Republic, who don't normally go to those occasions.

Boric requested to not be silent within the face of Ortega’s repression in Nicaragua

Chilean President Gabriel Boric intensified this Saturday along with his criticism of the Nicaraguan authorities and affirmed that it isn't acceptable to stay silent within the face of the “household dictatorship” of Daniel Ortega and his spouse and vice chairman Rosario Murillo.

Throughout his speech on the twenty-eighth version of the Ibero-American Summit, which is going down in Santo Domingo, Boric took the chance to reiterate the criticism in opposition to the Ortega authorities and the repressive measures that it has utilized in latest months in opposition to Nicaraguan opponents.

“Ortega doesn't appear to know that the homeland is carried in his soul and blood, and it isn't eliminated by decree,” stated the Chilean president, condemning the choice made in February by Nicaragua to strip 316 opponents of their nationality. “It's not acceptable for us to stay silent earlier than the household dictatorship of Ortega and Murillo.”

Ortega was one of many eight rulers who didn't attend the Ibero-American Summit. On his behalf, Nicaraguan Overseas Minister Denis Moncada arrived in Santo Domingo on Saturday. The Related Press requested officers from the Dominican Republic Ministry of Overseas Affairs to substantiate if Moncada was current on the occasion the place Boric spoke, however they indicated that they'd no data on this regard.

Among the many 316 Nicaraguans stripped of their nationality are seven former presidential hopefuls launched as a part of the 222 “political prisoners” exiled on February 9, in addition to 94 opponents, largely exiles, such because the writers Sergio Ramírez and Gioconda Belli. , former Sandinista commanders Dora María Téllez and Luis Carrión, in addition to 22 journalists.