Murillo expressed that “President (Gustavo) Petro has been very clear: we are not going to recognize the results until doubts about the legitimacy and legality of the [Venezuelan] election [on July 28th] are dissipated, which has not been done.”

To this, the Venezuelan diplomat stated on Telegram that “we are not going to tolerate it.” “Chancellor Murillo, neither you nor any Colombian institution have the right, much less the morality, to talk about Venezuela, it is not a matter that concerns you, it is definitely not your problem,” he said.

Gil pointed out that although the Colombian oligarchy, allied with its gringo bosses, dislikes revolutionary governments like that of President Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan people spoke clearly and loudly. “We do not owe explanations to you or to your decrepit congress, dedicate yourself to your problems, which you must have enough,” he stated.

Maduro came out the winner in the elections with 51.95 percent of the votes, with 96.87 percent of the minutes by the National Electoral Council (CNE) being counted. According to the CNE, with that percentage Maduro surpassed his closest opponent, representative for the opposition Edmundo González, with more than a million votes.

The votes were declared fraudulent after an intense campaign orchestrated by sectors of the Venezuelan extreme right, the United States and its allies.

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