Maduro speaks at the UN a week after being singled out for crimes against humanity

The Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, will address the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday a week after being singled out by a UN verification mission for crimes against humanity.

Without much enthusiasm, Chavismo promoted the hashtag #MaduroNuestraVozEnLaOnu on social networks, trying to create a favorable preamble to the intervention of the Bolivarian leader.

The speech itself is an opportunity for Caracas to respond to the allegations contained in the organization's latest report on the serious human rights violations perpetrated by the Venezuelan security forces and the regime's apparatus.

Meanwhile, opposition leader Juan Guaidó, president of the National Assembly, recognized as the Interim Head of State of Venezuela by around 60 countries, is preparing to do the same a few hours later, a speech that aims to counter-program Maduro's intervention and that According to its promoters, it will not be done "from" but "towards" the General Assembly, and it is expected that some of the diplomatic representatives of their allies from the international community will attend telematically.

Guaidó is preparing to politically exploit the serious accusations leveled against Maduro, Diosdado Cabello, the Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino, and the Minister of Internal Relations, Néstor Reverol.

The fact that two speeches are given clearly portrays the institutional rift that Venezuela has plunged into an endless political crisis with serious economic and social consequences.

The report of the Verification Committee fell like a bomb in the pro-government spirit, the majority of whose spokespersons have kept silent in front of what it collects or have clung to the uncritical defense of the prestige of the Bolivarian Government without giving a true answer to the underlying remarks. .

Guaidó claims his speech as the expression of "the real Venezuela", that is, the one that is the victim of the outrages collected by the United Nations reports against citizens who protest for their political and social rights, including the previous two of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet.

Guaidó is expected to make a new claim for Venezuela's current position on the Human Rights Committee of the global forum.

Maduro has focused her discursive banners in favor of peace and democracy, and against the blockade and sanctions promoted against her regime, which have further hit the rickety Venezuelan economy

The contents of the Verification Committee's report had an enormous impact on the national debate despite the effects of censorship and have been received as a real victory by various human rights organizations, civil activists and political parties.

The report has also allowed Guaidó to harden the tone of his accusations against the Chavista leadership, trying to increase his scope and influence, at a time when his leadership is particularly questioned.

Maduro, who has full control of the internal situation in the country, has asked the security forces to be alert and has reiterated that the legislative elections that he is calling will be held at all events.

The moderate opposition formations that accompany him in the call for the electoral consultation have maintained discretion in the face of the report of the United Nations Facts Verification Committee.