The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, suspended his participation in the Ibero-American Summit in the Dominican Republic after testing positive for covid-19, his vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, reported this Saturday.
Maduro was informed on Friday night by his doctors of "a positive result" in a PCR test, Rodríguez published on his Twitter account.
"This led to the suspension of their participation in the Ibero-American Summit"added the official, who said that this Saturday two new tests were carried out "with negative results".
"Everything indicates that it was a false positive"he stated.
On Friday, at the inauguration of the Ibero-American Summit, the master of ceremony announced that Maduro would attend the plenary session of heads of state and government this Saturday.
The Venezuelan chair was occupied by Foreign Minister Yván Gil during the debate this morning.
Maduro met in Caracas on Friday with the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, in a meeting of which no details were released.
Yesterday, the President @NicolasMaduro He was informed by his doctors of a positive PCR COVID result. This led to the suspension of his participation in the Ibero-American Summit. Two tests have been performed today with negative results. Everything indicates that it was a false positive.
— Delcy Rodríguez (@delcyrodriguezv) March 25, 2023