Francesca Albanese’s Bravery To Be Remembered in the Future: President Maduro
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July 15, 2025 Hour: 11:55 am
The Venezuelan leader praised the UN Special Rapporteur for condemning Israeli actions in Gaza.
On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro praised the courage of Francesca Albanese, who was sanctioned by the United States over her unwavering defense of the Palestinian people.
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The Italian attorney, who has served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, has directly and explicitly accused Israel of committing war crimes and genocide in the Gaza Strip.
During his weekly television show Con Maduro +, the Bolivarian leader said that Albanese “produced a report with conclusive and reliable evidence of the genocide being committed against the Palestinian people.”
“The criminals and the accomplices of the genocide will pay,” Maduro said, emphasizing that human rights defenders like Albanese “will be remembered in the future for their bravery.”
The text reads, “Maduro backs ‘brave’ UN rapporteur sanctioned by the United States. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called Francesca Albanese, the UN rapporteur for Palestine, brave.”
“The massacre of the Palestinian people is an aggression against all of us. It is a signal to the world that they seek to dominate us and control planet Earth,” the Venezuelan president stressed, adding that the genocide in Gaza aims to create a “demonstration effect” to force the world’s peoples to surrender to imperialism.
On July 9, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio imposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, accusing her of “blatant antisemitism” and of leading a “campaign” against Israel.
The sanctions were issued under an executive order signed in February by U.S. President Donald Trump to freeze assets and revoke visas of anyone cooperating with the International Criminal Court’s investigation into crimes against humanity committed by the Zionist state.
Rubio accused Albanese of directly collaborating with the International Court in issuing arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes in Gaza.
teleSUR/ JF
Sources: teleSUR – Con Maduro +
