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Colombia's president Gustavo Petro proposes an exit to the Venezuelan political crisis based on joint public observation of an electoral count, an end to economic sanctions, respect for electoral loser, with Intl observers and UN oversight. x.com/petrogustavo/status/1818636682704392473
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Implícit in this statement is a rewind to the counting stage (escrutinio) and a rollback of the announced but unproven victory awarded to Nicolas Maduro.
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Lots of diplomatic language framed around the painful experience of civil war in Colombia.
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I don't have the quote handy, but there's symmetry to a moment in the 2000s when Venezuela's Chávez spoke about the need for the Colombian left to shift from guerrilla movement to electoral force interested in governing.