Trump’s immigration policy and ties to Bukele hit Venezuelan opposition and give Maduro a boost

The deportation of hundreds of Venezuelans from the United States to Nayib Bukele’s mega-prison in El Salvador, the Anti-Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot), has fueled a debate within the ranks of the Venezuelan opposition. Donald Trump’s hostility toward the diaspora places democratic forces in an unexpected dilemma: that their allies are dispensing questionable treatment to their compatriots and undermining their cause in the eyes of the population. It should be added that the deportations make no distinction between criminals and innocent people and have the enthusiastic approval of El Salvador’s president, a Trump ally with whom part of the Venezuelan opposition sympathizes.

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Fuente: El País