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Who Speaks for Spain in Caracas? Former PM Zapatero's Role Questioned in Madrid

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Over the last decade, former Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero has played a key role in international relations with Caracas

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Lorent Saleh, a Venezuelan opponent and Sakharov Prize of the European Parliament in 2017, was imprisoned for four years for the narco-dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro and passed through the main centers of torture of Chavismo. Here he relates how his release was and denies, completely, that it was the merit of former President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, whom he defines as a «operator of tyranny». QUESTION.- What do you think of the interventio…

A former Spanish head of government is trying to mediate in Caracas, but Zapatero's role is controversial in Madrid, which shows how complex the relations between Spain and its former colony are.

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The Venezuelan dictatorship thanked the former president of the government for the work he has been doing "for ten years" in favor of "national coexistence".

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The role that José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has been playing for more than a decade in Venezuela has generated philias and phobias, with the PSOE and the current government praising his task of “facilitation” and the opposition accusing him of collaborating with the Chavista regime. Far from taking distance, after the intervention of the US in the Caribbean country and the capture of Nicolás Maduro the former president has redoubled his efforts t…

Former Podemos senator, former member of the Madrid Assembly, and regular contributor to programs like "Directo al Grano" and "En boca de todos," Ramón Espinar, has stirred up political debate in recent hours via social media. This time, he did so with a particularly harsh tweet contrasting two recent events in international politics: the release of political prisoners in Venezuela through the mediation of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and Isabel…

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EL ESPAÑOL broke the news in Spain on Friday, January 9, 2026.
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