translated from Spanish: President of Israel recognizes Juan Guaido as President of Venezuela

A photography/Internet through a statement, Prime Minister Benjamín Netanyahu announced the recognition of the leader of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, as legitimate President of this South American country.
“Israel is attached to United States, Canada, most of the countries of Latin America and European countries in recognition of the new leadership in Venezuela,” said the President in a video published through their social networking message.
The Government of Donald Trump, the first to recognize guided last Wednesday after his proclamation as President, reportedly asked Israel to publicly support us into the issue of Venezuela, according to a report by News Channel 13 in Israel.
However, Jerusalem would have preferred to keep silent these days, fearing that the regime of Maduro responded with measures that could endanger the Jewish community in Venezuela.
It is believed that only about 6,000 Jews remain in Venezuela, a community of about 25,000 members in 1999. The rest emigrated to Israel, Canada, USA, Mexico and other countries following the rise of Hugo Chávez.
Israel and Venezuela do not maintain diplomatic relations, since 2009, when the former President Chávez decided to cut ties with Jerusalem after operation “Cast lead” of the IDF on Gaza, which left more than 1,000 Palestinians dead.
Mature, as well as its predecessor, it has strongly criticized Israel, and some leaders of the Jewish community have expressed fears that the Bolivarian Government further anti-Semitism.
Besides USA and Canada, Israel joins it to the position taken by countries like United Kingdom, Denmark, Paraguay, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras, Georgia, Albania, Kosovo, Haiti, Bahamas, Republic Dominican.
While on the other hand, among the countries who have decided not recognize guided as President and keep the loop with the Government of Maduro are Mexico, China, Cuba, Bolivia, El Salvador, Russia and Nicaragua, Turkey, Syria and Iran, as well as the authority Palestinian and Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah.
Source: URL Jew

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