{"id":496646,"date":"2026-01-03T18:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/abinader-reiterates-support-for-venezuelan-democracy-after-capture-of-nicolas-maduro\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T18:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:57:00","slug":"abinader-reiterates-support-for-venezuelan-democracy-after-capture-of-nicolas-maduro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/abinader-reiterates-support-for-venezuelan-democracy-after-capture-of-nicolas-maduro\/","title":{"rendered":"Abinader reiterates support for Venezuelan democracy after capture of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro"},"content":{"rendered":"<em><strong>Santo Domingo.<\/strong><\/em> President <strong>Luis Abinader<\/strong> stated that the Dominican Government <strong>is closely following the evolution of events in Venezuela<\/strong>, following the capture of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, and reiterated the country&#8217;s firm stance in favor of democratic restoration in that South American nation.\n\nAbinader recalled that he <strong>never recognized the legitimacy of Maduro&#8217;s proclamation as president<\/strong>, after the elections held in July 2024, considering that said process did not reflect the popular will expressed at the polls.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/Maduro desciende esposado del avi\u00f3n militar tras aterrizar en Nueva York\">http:\/\/Maduro desciende esposado del avi\u00f3n militar tras aterrizar en Nueva York<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nIn that context, he highlighted that the country promoted the <strong>Declaration of Santo Domingo<\/strong>, signed in August 2024, through which several states demanded respect for the citizen vote and the strengthening of the democratic order in Venezuela.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThe Dominican government has been consistent with its position in defense of democracy and fundamental rights,\u201d<\/strong> expressed the president, while emphasizing that the <strong>solidarity between the Dominican and Venezuelan peoples is historic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\nAbinader also stated the <strong>Dominican Republic&#8217;s willingness to collaborate<\/strong> with efforts that contribute to the <strong>restoration of democracy, peace, and national concord in Venezuela<\/strong>, in coordination with the international community.\n\n&#8220;Dominican Republic will always be on the side of democracy. Wherever, whenever, and before whomever,&#8221; emphasized the Head of State, reaffirming the country&#8217;s foreign policy line in the face of institutional crises in the region.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo. President Luis Abinader stated that the Dominican Government is closely following the evolution of events in Venezuela, following the capture of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, and reiterated the country&#8217;s firm stance in favor of democratic restoration in that South American nation. Abinader recalled that he never recognized the legitimacy of Maduro&#8217;s proclamation as president, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":496647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[21,15851,40230,110],"class_list":["post-496646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dominican-news","tag-luis-abinader","tag-nicolas-maduro","tag-united-states","tag-venezuela"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25cq","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Presidente-Luis-Abinader-4.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Arelis Suero","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cropped-cropped-Diseno-sin-titulo-41-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Presidente-Luis-Abinader-4.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}