[HIGHLIGHTS] Ecuador confirms that it "does not recognize" the Maduro government after the disqualification of Corina Machado: "We defend free elections and countries that live in democracy"

Ecuador confirms that it "does not recognize" the Maduro government after the disqualification of Corina Machado. "We defend free elections and countries that live in democracy".

Chancellor Gabriela Sommerfeld said it. Quito will not have "greater contact" with Maduro until "free elections are respected and democracy is lived in" The Government of Venezuela and the opposition signed the Barbados Agreement last October, which determined to hold presidential elections in the second half of this year with international observation.