Maduro receives more pressure and Guaidó arms his government

The struggle between the government and the opposition is worsening daily in Venezuela and the crisis that strikes the country threatens to aggravate and affect the operation of the administration of Nicolás Maduro, following the latest sanctions against the state oil company PDVSA and the government decision. Washington will give its self-proclaimed president, Juan Guaidó, a certification allowing it to control Venezuelan holdings belonging to the Federal Reserve.

As pressure against Chavism increased, the Speaker of the National Assembly began defining his government by appointing dozens of new diplomats. Among other things, it was learned that the new diplomatic representative in Argentina, Elisa Trotta, had asked "all the Argentine organizations working for the freedom of Venezuela to consolidate the union of their efforts in the same direction".

The Maduro regime was hit hard by its finances after the Treasury Department imposed new sanctions on the state oil company, limiting access to about $ 7 billion of the company's badets.

In a first reaction, Maduro announced that his government would initiate political and judicial proceedings in US and world courts to defend the property of Citgo, a US subsidiary of PDVSA, and accused Donald Trump of "trying to steal" this company in Venezuela .

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that Guaidó was empowered to control the Venezuelan government's bank accounts at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or at any other US-insured bank. Pompeo said the certification "will help Venezuela's" legitimate government "to protect these badets."

Economist Asdrúbal Oliveros, of the firm Ecobadítica, said that if the country did not have an immediate political solution, Venezuela would face "serious fuel problems" as a result of most of the additives used by PDVSA to produce gas come from the USA

Due to the drop in production, which is close to 1.2 million barrels a day, and financial and operational problems, the oil company has been struggling for several months to produce and supply gasoline in Venezuela, where Virtually all of the transfer of Food and other goods are made by land. In addition, many thermoelectric plants depend on fuel for their operations.

Oliveros explained that between 80 and 90% of the revenue from the free currencies paid to the government came from about 500,000 barrels sold each day in the United States, and indicated that to cut these entries, the company said: Maduro's administration would be very largely limited to the importation of other goods, which will further aggravate the problems of shortage.

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The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, has asked the Supreme Court of Justice to ban the exit of the country of Guaidó and initiate proceedings against him. Guaidó is accused of having spearheaded actions that sparked "violent events" from January 22nd and that led foreign countries to demand measures to freeze Venezuelan state badets.

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