Former Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Perez appears in a video that has gone viral of him expressing “total support” for a candidate from his party, in a marketing stunt performed with artificial intelligence (AI), when the former ruler died in 2010.
The opposition Ação Democrática (AD), to which the former president known as CAP belonged, published this video in support of its candidate, former deputy Carlos Prosperi, 45, during the opposition primary elections held in October ahead of the presidential election of 2024, the French press agency (AFP) reported on Thursday.
⚪️ Former President Carlos Andrés Pérez uses AI to invite Venezuelans to vote for Carlos Prosperi in the opposing primary.
️ “Manifies my total support for Carlos Prosperi”.# Primaries2023 pic.twitter.com/ABPccaOnA9
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“In the coming months, the person who should have the best conditions to become president of Venezuela will be elected. That is why I express my full support for Carlos Prosperi. I support him, a talented young man, intelligent and a good friend, ”he says in an excited tone Perez, who appears in a dark suit, sitting at a table with only his mouth moving.
“After so many years of struggle to restore democracy, today we finally have a great opportunity for change, renewal and triumph,” he added during a one-minute speech.
Prosperi is concentrating 4.7% of voters in the primaries, according to an early August poll by ORC Consultores.
Despite falling far behind favorite Maria Corina Machado (41.42%), she has the advantage of being eligible, while Corina Machado and other heavyweights do not, having been prevented from running by court decisions she dispute.
The video was made by the communications team, which also released the hashtag #CAPconProsperi, an AD spokesman said, without giving details.
On the other hand, the video has also been the subject of humor on the internet, with CAP rumored to have been nominated as the AD candidate instead of Prosperi.
Perez ruled Venezuela between 1974 and 1979 and between 1989 and 1993, when he was ousted following a corruption trial.
The AD subsequently excluded him from its ranks, but many party activists miss his presidency.
CAP was also the target of two coup attempts, the first on February 4, 1992, led by a then-unknown military man – Hugo Chávez – who won elections seven years later to remain in power until his death in 2013.
The heir to power, Nicolás Maduro, is seeking a third term in 2024.
Andrés Caleca (former President of the National Electoral Council), Andrés Velásquez, Carlos Prosperi, César Almeida, César Pérez Vivas, Delsa Solórzano, Freddy Superlano, Glória Pinho, Henrique Capriles Radonski, Luís Farías, Maria Corina Machado, Roberto Henríquez and Tamara Adrián.
Glória Pinho, a lawyer and former judge of Portuguese descent, defends that Venezuela needs an immediate change. She defines herself as independent ‘from the center’ and promises to combat legal uncertainty and grant pardons in cases where there are no incriminating elements.
Source: DN
