Colombian
Ambassador to US Admits He Tried to Overthrow
Venezuela's
Maduro
By teleSUR
December 17, 2019 "
Information
Clearing House" -
Last
month, an audio was made public in which Ambassador
Francisco Santos confessed to the Colombian Foreign
Minister that he had to 'invent' things to keep
Venezuela in the U.S.' mind.
The Colombian
Ambassador to the United States, Francisco Santos,
said on Monday that he 'underestimated' the
Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, and his
ability to stay in power, and acknowledged that they
miscalculated his departure from the government.
While at the Colombian Embassy in Washington,, among
a small group of journalists, Santos said that "we
underestimated the ability of Maduro to stay in power
and his ability protect their environment, which is
Caracas, and the rest of the country."
The former vice president of Colombia (2002-2010)
excused himself by attributing the "dollarization" to
the fact that in Venezuela there are things that
according to Santos, a year ago were not in the nation.
He said that one of his roles as Ambassador to
Washington was to keep Venezuela in an important place
on the foreign agenda in the United States; however he
acknowledged that although "the sanctions are fulfilling
their role, they have not yet achieved the breaking
point, and that's what you keep looking for. "
Last month, a conversation between Francisco Santos
and Foreign Minister Claudia Blum was made public in a
local newspaper in Colombia, where the ambassador
criticizes the Government of President Donald Trump and
Iván Duque, and makes a strong statement about the
Venezuelan political situation.
