Buenos Aires, January 5 (NA) -- La Libertad Avanza (LLA) will seek to have Congress back the Argentine position in support of the United States' decision to detain the ousted president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, but that initiative will face absolute rejection from kirchnerismo and the left, as well as reservations from some legislators from United Provinces. It will not be an easy goal, and this could be observed in the counterpoint maintained through social networks by the author of the project, the libertarian Silvana Guidici, and the legislator of the Civic Coalition, Maximiliano Ferraro. The LLA initiative, drafted by Guidici and backed by the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Martín Menem, and all libertarian deputies, establishes that 'the Argentine Congress will express itself in accordance with the foreign policy of the government and the position of President Javier Milei,' as reported by the Argentine News Agency from legislative sources. The LLA block ratifies its absolute support for the apprehension of Maduro, as a means for the restoration of the validity of human rights, freedom, and democracy in the Republic of Venezuela,' it added. In this context, a counterpoint arose between Guidici and Ferraro when the legislator from United Provinces reproached her that 'they forgot a paragraph about the immediate release of political prisoners, respect for the popular sovereignty expressed by the Venezuelan people, guarantees of democratic transition, and for Edmundo González Urrutia and Corina Machado.' 'Thank you, Ferraro, your comment was unnecessary,' Guidici responded. The positions of the blocks The decision by the United States to detain Maduro has generated strong controversy in Parliament, as while LLA, PRO, and the UCR celebrated Milei's support for the US action, Unión por la Patria and the left flatly rejected it. Ferraro raised objections to the unilateral action of the United States by stating that it 'sets a delicate precedent for international law, whose relevance cannot be overlooked, nor can the fragility of the world's geopolitical situation that we are going through.' He asked that 'the international community contribute in a responsible and sustained way to peace, a democratic transition, and the full and immediate restoration of institutionalism in Venezuela.' The LLA Project The initiative, signed by all libertarian deputies, expresses its support for the capture and removal from Venezuelan territory of dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, insofar as these events 'represent a significant step towards the restoration of democratic order, respect for human rights, and the rule of law in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.' The grounds state that 'the events that have occurred are an unprecedented milestone in recent Latin American history, with a direct impact on the human rights situation, democracy, and governability in Venezuela.' 'Over the past few years, multiple international bodies and non-governmental organizations have documented systematic human rights violations, arbitrary detentions, lack of procedural guarantees, and political persecution in that country, seriously affecting the civilian population,' the initiative argues in supporting the action of the United States government. And it stated that 'many international bodies have been calling for the freedom of political prisoners, 'arrested by the chavista regime since the beginning of his government, among them the Argentine gendarme Nahuel Gallo, detained by Maduro without a known whereabouts since December 2024.' It added that 'in this context, it is pertinent to highlight that any action that aims to cease authoritarian practices, restore constitutional legality, and protect human lives deserves to be weighed by the representatives of the people.' Peronism Meanwhile, the peronist blocks of the Senate and Deputies 'repudiated and condemned in the most categorical way the military intervention perpetrated by the United States against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, as well as the capture of its president.' They pointed out that 'these facts constitute a serious and deliberate violation of the sovereignty of a State and of international law, in open transgression to the principles and purposes enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations.'
