Opposition leader Juan Guaidó, recognized by 50 countries as interim president of Venezuela, assured EL TIEMPO that he has not had conversations with the Colombian presidential candidates, but that “I hope democracy comes out stronger.”
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Guaidó insisted that he wishes for the Colombian people to express themselves and choose, for which He invited the voters “to participate, join forces to discern who is the best candidate”. He reflected that the lack of democracy is that Venezuela entered a crisis.
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Faced with a change in the political map of Colombia and a possible reestablishment of relations between the two countries, the opponent assured that this was only possible with a democratic system because “Maduro finances the Eln, the FARC dissidents, terrorism.”
For Guaidó, reestablishing relations with “a dictatorship is strengthening terrorism and drug trafficking.”
Dialogue with the US
Once again, the interim president confirmed that he met with the US delegation that visited Caracas to talk with Nicolás Maduro. He reported that Gerardo Blyde was also at the meeting, head of the unitary platform that brings together opposition representatives before the dialogue with the ruling party.
During a rally in the Venezuelan capital, the opponent insisted that the dialogue table in Mexico was the mechanism to reach asane necessary for the country and that outside of that it was not raised.
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On the other hand, he stressed that oil companies such as Chevron could obtain licenses for the exploitation of oil in Venezuela -this before a possible sale of crude oil to the United States- but if the operation is carried out, it must be subject to conditions because “The lifting of sanctions and the delivery of licenses must be progressive.”
ANA RODRIGUEZ BRAZON
WEATHER CORRESPONDENT
CARACAS
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