The European Parliament recognizes Juan Guaidó as President of Venezuela and calls on the EU to imitate him

BRUSSELS – The European Parliament has become today the first European institution to recognize

Juan Guaidó

as acting president of
Venezuela, increasing pressure on the block, to which he urges to imitate.

The Eurocámara "recognizes Juan Guaidó as Acting President of the Republic
Bolivarian of

Venezuela,

in accordance with the Venezuelan Constitution ", said the resolution approved by 439 votes in favor, 104 against and 88 abstentions.

Similarly, MEPs condemned the "fierce" crackdown on Venezuelans who took to the streets and urged the authorities to "set aside" all human rights violations, to ensure the cleansing of responsibilities. and respect for fundamental freedoms an investigation "independence and complete" deaths in Venezuela.

The plenary of the European Parliament has expressed its firm refusal of any initiative aimed at resolving the Venezuelan crisis "involving the use of force", although it avoids an explicit position against the threat of the United States to launch a military intervention in Venezuela if the situation requires it.

Guaidó, leader of the opposition and in front of the National Assembly, badumed last Wednesday the presidency of the Republic after ignoring the second term of the Bolivarian president.

Nicolás Maduro,

who won the elections declared fraudulent.

And so, he continues to add support from abroad. More than twenty countries have already recognized this 35-year-old opponent as the authority and US government of Donald Trump, determined to economically asphyxiate the Maduro government, approved sanctions against the oil company national PDVSA, source of 96% of the country's income. Venezuelan accounts and badets, the control of which has been transferred to Guaidó.

Under pressure from Spain, Germany or France, the European Union has issued an ultimatum to Maduro so that "in the coming days" he will accept a "free" election, otherwise he will recognize Guaidó as president in charge. At the same time, the opposition leader called for a march Saturday to support the European deadline, which expires Sunday. At the same time, the government has called on its supporters to demonstrate as well, but to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the "Bolivarian revolution" led by the late Hugo Chávez.

The political conflict is taking place in the midst of the collapse of the country that was once an oil power and is currently suffering from a shortage of food and medicine and hyperinflation that the IMF is planning to 10,000,000 this year.

AFP and DPA agencies