Significance: The MUD has the support of Paraguay’s President Horacio Cartes, who in his state-of-the-nation address on 1 July maintained that “the whole world is witness to the abuses suffered by the Venezuelan people” and that “when human rights and fundamental liberties are not respected we cannot remain silent”. But Cartes is a lone voice within Mercosur. Uruguay’s foreign minister, Rodolfo Nin Novoa, made it clear yesterday that “unless there is an institutional rupture” in Venezuela, Uruguay is legally obliged to hand over the rotating presidency which it currently exercises. Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri, despite being critical of the Venezuelan government, also supports the transfer of the pro-tempore presidency to Caracas, due to take place on 12 July.
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