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The president’s words already echoed between both countries and politicians in Venezuela reject her statements and they consider them an “act of xenophobia” against their compatriots in Colombia.
“Madam Mayor, no one opposes that whoever commits a crime be applied the full weight of the law. Now, without a doubt, his statements stigmatize Venezuelans with the label of criminals, that is a clear act of xenophobia that generates hatred against our compatriots ”, wrote Tomás Guanipa, on his Twitter account.
Further, the ambassador of the interim government of that country invited the president to build strategies to solve the situation that she herself complained about.
“We support that all those who commit a crime are punished with the full weight of the law, but giving nationality to the crime clearly generates xenophobia and hatred. Our invitation to the mayor @ClaudiaLopez is to create strategies together to find solutions, “added the diplomat from the government of Juan Guaidó.
These are the trills that the diplomat published:
Madam Mayor, no one is opposed to the full weight of the law being applied to whoever commits a crime.
Now, without a doubt, his statements stigmatize Venezuelans with the label of criminals, that is a clear act of xenophobia that generates hatred against our compatriots https://t.co/B8zZvjPXO5– Tomás Guanipa (@TomasGuanipa) October 30, 2020
We support that all those who commit a crime are punished with the full weight of the law, but putting nationality to the crime clearly generates xenophobia and hatred.
Our invitation mayor @ClaudiaLopez is to strategize together to find solutions.– Tomás Guanipa (@TomasGuanipa) October 30, 2020
His statements were given hours after Claudia López pronounced on some citizens of Venezuela who are in Bogotá and who, according to what the mayor revealed, would be the alleged perpetrators of the murder against a citizen this Thursday in Transmilenio.
“I do not want to stigmatize, nor was it lacking, Venezuelans, but there are some immigrants involved in criminality who are making our lives squares,” said the president at a press conference.
Claudia López’s statements against Venezuelans
López’s statements have been criticized by some citizens and by city councilors. Carlos Fernando Galán, for example, compared Claudia López’s statement with those made by Donald Trump against Latino immigrants in the United States.
In dialogue with Blu Radio, the councilor considered that Claudia López’s words about “some Venezuelans” involved in crimes are “xenophobic.”
“It has no sustenance, it is generalizing and creating a figure that is going to have a lot of applause and populist support; as Trump did in the United States with Latinos saying they were ‘bad men’, criminals and rapists, to generate hatred towards a population that is seen as the main responsible for what is happening to us and washing their hands, “said Galán, in dialogue with that radio frequency.
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