translated from Spanish: Maduro said Bachelet took a “wrong step” report with a report “full of lies”

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday that UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, took a “misstep” with his report on Venezuela, which he has pointed out that he is “laden with lied ras.” Bachelet took a false step by reading a report he was given from the State Department,” he said, referring to the US State Department.” It’s a report loaded with lies, manipulations, inaccurate data, fake data. It’s a repetition of the former high commissioner’s reports,” he added. Maduro has stressed that he regrets that Bachelet did not want to “see or hear the truth about Venezuela” and has stated that he will send him a letter, which he will arrive in Geneva within 48 hours, “telling him several truths”. “I hope this misstep will help you draw lessons from Mrs. Bachelet and you can straighten the way,” she added. The report – drawn up from 558 interviews with victims and witnesses to the “serious violations” of human rights in Venezuela following the recent visit by Bachelet and “other sources” – accuses the Government of reducing the democratic space and breaching its obligation to ensure food and medical care, recommending concrete measures to reverse this “complex” situation “immediately”. Maduro has also announced that he has received a “pretty auspicious” report from the Delegation of the Venezuelan Government on the opposition talks in Barbados.” I have reports from the head of the Venezuelan delegation in the peace dialogues with the Venezuelan opposition, a rather auspicious report of the day that took place today,” he said. The representative stressed that he is “very optimistic” and that “step by step, with strategic patience we open the way of peace, of non-violence, of constructive dialogue for non-violence”. The meeting in Barbados was scheduled to take place last week, but the self-proclaimed President in charge of Venzuela, Juan Guaidó, refused to send an opposition delegation following the death on 29 June of Corvette Captain Rafal Acosta Alleged tortures suffered in military counterintelligence custody.In an unexpected twist, Guaidó’s office reported Sunday that the appointment in Barbados with the “usurping regime” would be this week. The goal, he said, is to “establish an exit negotiation to the dictatorship.” “We don’t have unlimited time, every day that passes the situation gets worse (…). The solution must be now,” he stressed. The parties will meet this week in Barbados to advance the search for a constitutional and agreed solution for the country,” the Norwegian Foreign Ministry confirmed. Meeting on Monday with the EU’s Special Representative for Venezuela, Enrique Iglesias, “who visits the country as part of the dialogue process for peacebuilding and national understanding,” as reported by Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza in Twitter.The Guaidó team advanced on Sunday that would also welcome Iglesias as part of the “international offensive” against Maduro and his faithful. Political CrisisGovernment-opposition contacts seek to resume a dialogue that has been attempted up to three times in the six years since hugo Chávez’s death to reach an agreed solution to the political crisis that he is suffering from Venezuela.La crisis worsened on 10 January, when Maduro decided to start a second six-year term that neither the opposition nor much of the international community recognizes that they consider the presidential election on 20 May to be a fraud. In response, Guaidó proclaimed himself an interim representative on 23 January with the aim of ceasing “usurpation”, creating a transitional government and holding “free elections”. It has been recognized by the United States, numerous Latin American countries, as well as several Europeans, including Spain.In the meantime, more than four million Venezuelans have left the country in recent years because of the humanitarian crisis that the nation is suffering Caribbean. The UN warns that, if the trend continues, by the end of 2019 they could add up to more than five million.

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