As Madrid seeks to take a leading role in the international response to the Venezuelan crisis, the fallout from it has fed into Spain’s deep political divide, with the left-wing government and right-wing opposition taking contrasting positions.
Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has been the most outspoken European Union leader in criticising the US’s removal of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, warning that it “violates international legality and pushes the [Latin American] region towards a horizon of uncertainty and warmongering”.
Foreign minister José Manuel Albares said on Monday that the
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