United States will offer an exemption to soldiers who break with Maduro

White House National Security advisor John Bolton hinted on Wednesday that the United States could lift the sanctions imposed on the Venezuelan army, which has finally chosen to support the opposition leader. Juan Guaidó, as interim president of Venezuela.

"The United States will consider lifting its sanctions against any senior Venezuelan military official who supports democracy and recognizes the constitutional government of President Juan Guaidó," the North American advisor said on Twitter.

Instead, he warned that if the armed forces maintain their support for Nicolás Maduro's government, "the international financial circle will be completely closed." "Make the right decision!" Bolton asked Venezuelans in uniform.

In a previous tweet, Bolton blamed "Maduro and his allies" who "live luxuriously in Europe and enrich their Cuban bosses while looting the wealth of Venezuela (…) and physically prevent the Venezuelan people from receiving humanitarian aid" "

Bolton raised a message from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, part of the same social network in which he accused the Maduro-led army of blocking the border with Colombia with trucks and containers. scene

Guaidó asked the governments who recognized him as interim president to send humanitarian aid, although his entry into the country and its distribution are unclear, as "Chavismo" controls all borders. The United States has already begun sending food and medicine to the Colombian town of Cucuta, bordering Venezuela.

Maduro admitted to supply problems that he blames for the sanctions, but he denied the existence of a humanitarian crisis. According to him, the international maneuvers to send help to Venezuela are part of a "political show" that seeks to overthrow his government.

On 23 January, the opposition leader declared himself "president in charge" in response to Maduro's decision to start on 10 January a second term that neither the opposition nor a large part of the international community recognizes as based on elections, those of May 20, undemocratic.

Guaidó has been recognized by the United States, Canada and most Latin American countries. On Monday, many European countries joined, including Spain. At the same time, Uruguay, Mexico and the EU are trying to promote a new mediation. On Thursday, an international conference will be held in Montevideo for this purpose.