Venezuela: Opposition's Carlos Prosperi Announces Support for President Maduro's Re-Election Bid

[Judi Lynn]

JULY 14, 2024



Carlos Prosperi with Henry Ramos Allup, leader of Democratic Action party, during an opposition primaries campaign rally in 2023. File photo.

Former Venezuelan Congressman Carlos Prosperi, from the Henry Ramos Allup group of the opposition Democratic Action (AD) party, declared himself independent and announced his support for President Nicolás Maduro’s re-election bid in the presidential elections of July 28. He also showed evidence of corruption by far-right opposition groups and urged the attorney general and other government authorities to investigate the theft of Venezuela’s resources by the opposition.

In last year’s far-right opposition primaries, Carlos Ecarri reached the second place, trailing María Corina Machado by a huge margin. The whole process was controversial, as it was organized by Machado’s NGO Súmate. Prosperi questioned the transparency of that process but was not supported by his party and its leader, Henry Ramos Allup.

In a press conference on Saturday, July 13, Prosperi distanced himself from far-right opposition, denouncing abuses and attacks against various critical voices in the opposition sector as a recurring practice as well as irregularities in the electoral campaign. He also condemned the opposition’s hateful and divisive language and its repeated deception of the people. “They have turned the sanctions into a business based on lies and deceit,” he said.

“Today I want to tell the people that there was not only this concerted practice of hate and division against Governor [Manuel] Rosales and me, but also there are voices trying to preach through lies the opposite of what the people of Venezuela want,” he explained.

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