It was in March 2020, with the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, when the directors of Plus Ultra considered the need to “reach aid” and, at the same time, knock on the appropriate doors at a “political level” to achieve it. A conversation between the then owner and vice president of the airline—Rodolfo Reyes and Julio Martínez Sola, respectively—reflects the intention to seek the intervention, at least at an embryonic moment, of the former ‘number two’ of the Venezuelan Government, Delcy Rodríguez. “Delcy, call Ábalos,” the first said to the second. “Or someone with Zapatero,” completed his vice president, who later described the former socialist leader as a “pro-Sanchez” man.
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