Juan Guaidó said with the hope that dialogue with Maduro in Mexico would allow a “free” election in Venezuela

Juan Guaidó, recognized by more than 50 countries as the legitimate president of Venezuela, on Thursday showed his hope that the dialogue with the regime of Nicolás Maduro, which will be based in Mexico, will bear fruit and lead to an agreement that allows the convening of “free and fair elections”.

“We must make efforts so that the negotiation process which is about to start leads to an agreement, Venezuela needs it. With conditions for free and fair elections and guarantees for all ”, Guaidó wrote on his Twitter account.

The leader of the opposition to the regime said that “The urgency” in Venezuela “is unsustainable” and the citizens “demand a solution”.

The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, announced this Thursday that his country He agreed to host negotiations between Chavismo and the Venezuelan opposition.

“The secretary for foreign relations (Marcelo Ebrard) has just informed me that, on a proposal from Norway, it is proposed that Mexico be the seat to carry out these negotiations.. We accepted because we are looking for dialogue», Declared the president during a press conference in the morning at the National Palace.

Subsequently, sources from the anti-Chavista bloc informed the agency EFE What Representatives of the four main opposition parties in Venezuela will participate in the dialogue with Maduro’s regime.

These sources did not specify whether the double presidential candidate will be represented there. Henrique Capriles and the former second vice-president of the National Assembly (AN, Parliament) Stalin González, who had already negotiated with the regime in 2020. He will not be either. Maria corina machado, leader of the Sale Venezuela party.

Among the four parties are Popular will —Managed by Leopoldo López— and the Social Democrat Democratic ActionBoth intervened by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), which led former activists expelled by their colleagues and accused by them of corruption.

As well A new time, who defines himself as a social democrat, and Justice first, of which Capriles is a part, although he has publicly expressed differences with the current leadership.

These sources assured that the problem of the date proposed for the start of negotiations, August 13, is that the delegation designated by Nicolás Maduro come or later change their mind and postpone it.

(With information from EFE)

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