PCT Secretary General Manuel Zalazar declared that the stance taken by Abinader and the PRM places his country “with its back turned to the history of the Dominican people” and to the traditional relations of solidarity between the two countries.

  During an interview, the political leader said that the current Dominican government should show gratitude toward the Venezuelan people and remember the historical role Venezuela played in key moments of the nation’s history.

  He also emphasized that the Bolivarian nation contributed significantly to weakening the dictatorship of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo and recalled the 1959 expedition in which Venezuelan patriots participated in the fight against the Trujillo regime.

   The Secretary General of the Cmmunist Party of Cuba (PCT) emphasized the cooperation provided by Venezuela during the government of the late President Hugo Chávez, who granted extensive energy facilities to the Dominican Republic, even offering to exchange oil for Dominican agricultural products.

In this regard, the party leader described the stance of President Abinader and the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) as “reprehensible,” accusing them of supporting former US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy toward Venezuela.

In this context Zalazar announced that Dominican leftist organizations and democratic sectors are preparing a constitutional challenge before the National Congress, alleging violations of the Dominican Constitution related to national sovereignty.

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