Mature to the European Union: "If they want to withdraw from Venezuela, let them go"

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro rejected the "imprescriptible" position of the European Union, which gave him an eight-day "ultimatum" to hold "free elections". "If they want to leave Venezuela, let them go," he said.

"Europe has an insolent, unsustainable, unsustainable position, and must withdraw its ultimatum," President Chavez said in an interview with television on Sunday night (local time) by the network. CNN Turk that the Venezuelan press collected Monday.

Maduro accused "all of Europe" of "kneeling" in front of Donald Trump's government, which he accuses of orchestrating what he describes as a "coup d'etat". "state" and that he qualifies as "extremist". In fact, he declared that Juan Guaidó was proclaimed "president in charge" of Venezuela on the direct order of the American vice-president, Mike Pence.

"The Associated Press and the Washington Post They announced that on January 22, the Vice President of the United States had ordered the man, nicknamed Guaidó, who would badume his functions of "President of Venezuela" with the support of the United States ", did he declare.

Thus, he stressed that the current crisis was part of a "conspiracy of the political order to harm life" in Venezuela. "There is a permanent campaign to deconfigure the reality, for which I have been a victim of permanent harbadment," he complains.

In addition, he insisted on his call for dialogue "with everyone, with the political opposition and with the opposition of the media". He even reached out to Trump, although he acknowledged that it was unlikely. "Let's hope that someday a relationship of respect will be established with the US government," he added.

Asked about the possible judicialization of recent events, told the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) – under the control of "Chavismo" – the body responsible for resolving "any conflict of interest". interpellation between the powers "of the state.

Guaidó has been declared interim president of Venezuela, alleging that Maduro's second term, which began on January 10, is illegitimate, as it is based on the presidential election of May 20, which is not the only way to go. did not respect democratic standards.

The President of the National Assembly has been recognized by the United States, Canada and most countries in the region, while the EU said it would also recognize him if Maduro n & # 39; 39, called no "free elections" within eight days.