Former head of PdVSA admits to Cuban influence in Venezuela
"I witnessed the tremendous pressure exerted by the Cubans to leave Maduro in power"
Rafael Ramírez: "At some point the military will realize that they have to take a step forward"
By: Aporrea-El País.com | Thursday, 02/07/2019 12:44 PM
translated from Spanish
07-02-19.-The former president of PDVSA and former Minister of Petroleum, Rafael Ramírez, rejected during an interview with the Spanish newspaper El País, through Skype, the accusations of corruption made by both the ruling party and the opposition.
He indicated that the Government of Nicolás Maduro "has fulfilled its purpose of destroying PDVSA and has not realized that PDVSA has governments, which is the fundamental axis of our economy."
As for the military, he commented that "at some point when the political game continues to be blocked, they will realize that they have to take a step forward and restore the constitutional thread as they did in 2002."
He also defends ex-president Chávez without nuance, but according to his story, he was wrong in at least one thing, which was to point to Maduro as his successor. "I witnessed the tremendous pressure exerted by the Cubans to leave Maduro in power," he said.
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