Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro threatened newly elected Chilean President José Antonio Kast, saying he would not tolerate any aggression against Venezuelan citizens: “Be careful when you disturb a Venezuelan.” The statement came this Tuesday (12/16), during Maduro’s show on Venezuelan state television, where he also insinuated that the new Chilean leader is a Nazi.
“I want to say to Mr. Kast: you can be a supporter of Hitler and educated in Hitler’s values. You can be a Pinochetista, convinced and avowed, but it is better to be careful when you bother the Venezuelans. Venezuelans respect each other. Be careful, listen to me carefully, you hear? Whoever bothers Venezuela will dry up and you can dry up quickly, Mr. Kast,” he said. declared.
The term dry up (usually used in Spanish), in a political context, means to be weakened or destroyed, demonstrating that Maduro leaves a clear warning: if Chile acts against Venezuelan immigrants living in this country, as Kast promised in his campaign, he would be in trouble.
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The clash between the two presidents also occurs due to the ideological differences that the two present, since the Chilean leader allies himself with global right-wing politics and maintains good relations with the United States as he is an ally of Donald Trump.
During the presidential campaign, the new Chilean leader said he would end hypocrisy in foreign policy, breaking trade relations and bilateral agreements with dictatorships like Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, “where the opposition is imprisoned, where there is no economic, social or political freedom and where human rights are violated daily.”
Maduro criticized Kast’s plans for immigration policy, condemning police to expel immigrants from the country, signaling that Venezuelan citizens in Chile are in danger.
“Narcodictator”
Maduro’s statement had repercussions and Kast was asked about the Venezuelan leader’s “warning”. The newly elected president said he did not care about Maduro and accused him of a “narcodictator” who is falling on hard times due to pressure from the United States, with warships near the country’s coast.
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