In a weak voice, Diosdado Cabello reappeared a month after getting coronavirus

08/03/2020 - 23:06

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The official leader of Venezuela Diosdado Cabello, considered the number two of Chavismo, reappeared this Monday in a virtual meeting of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) almost a month after announcing that he suffers from COVID-19, although he did not show his image and her voice, as well as the intonation, sounded different .

"I've had time to review things," Cabello told the

"After a hard part of the treatment I asked to speak to you (Maduro) and the first thing I said to him was: 'here I am at your command,' " added the also president of the National Constituent Assembly (ANC), an organ composed only of Chavistas and that does not have the recognition of the opposition and fifty countries.

#AUDIO 📞 | First vice president of the PSUV, @dcabellor: We are fighting a battle that has not been alone because we have felt accompanied by a people with their prayers # RegresoSeguroALaPatria pic.twitter.com/mMowlTIq6k

Cabello announced on July 9 that he had the new coronavirus and that he would isolate himself for a few days to comply with the "treatment indicated" by the doctors. Since then, Venezuelans learned of the progress of his recovery through his Twitter account, where he recounted details of his "total rest" and thanked the "love and prayers" of his followers.

In his participation today, Cabello pointed out that before the pandemic, the PSUV took its electoral message to more than 11,200,000 voters, and asserted that the December elections should be "for change," alluding to the opposition control of the Parliament.

" How much did it cost us to have lost the 2015 elections!" , added in reference to the overwhelming opposition victory of that year.

However, the participation of Cabello, without being shown in images and with a radically changed voice, generated the doubt of many Venezuelans, who went to the networks to express them, since the timbre, intonation and rhythm did not coincide with the usual ones of the president. of the Constituent Assembly. On Twitter, there were numerous accounts that expressed that even the words used by who, supposedly, was Hair in that telephone intervention did not coincide with those that he uses regularly.

#Live 📹 | Videoconference with the leaders of the National Directorate of the @ PartidoPSUV.https: //t.co/BMNkTaKGQf

But Maduro immediately responded to these doubts with a threatening tone and warned that Cabello's voice changed "because he is emerging from a tough battle situation and is hoarse", while criticizing those who doubted.

" Who is then, (the head of Parliament Juan) Guaidó? Who is, (the opposition) Leopoldo López? Who is, (the opposition Henry) Ramos Allup? Don't be stupid, ok," said the president, notably upset. . But also Maduro's words generated numerous reactions on the networks, which, far from transmitting credibility, did the opposite among Internet users.

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