Guaidó asked the United States to "intensify the pressure" against Maduro | Chronic

The interim government appointed by the Venezuelan parliament today asked the United States "intensify the pressure" about the scheme Nicolás Maduro and "increase contributions to serve Venezuelan migrants and refugees in the region", Diplomatic sources reported.

The diplomatic representative of the Government of Juan Guaidó before Argentina, Elisa Trotta, at a meeting he held this afternoon in Buenos Aires with the Under-Secretary for Continental Affairs of the US State Department, Kimberly Breier

Trotta made this decision several hours after learning that the White House had decided to provide $ 41.9 million in aid to the Guaidó government so that it could cover its expenses.

"The only lasting solution is the cessation of usurpation and therefore we are asking for more pressure in this regard, but to achieve this, we need to address the migratory crisis that is affecting the region with the forced displacement of people. more than four million Venezuelans."Trotta said in a statement released tonight.

The ambbadador thanked the support of the United States, which she defined as follows: "A fundamental ally of the cause of democracy in Venezuela, as was Argentina, a country that has maintained an open door policy for Venezuelan migrants".

The United States Ambbadador to Argentina also participated in the meeting, Edward Pradoas well as representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Venezuelan institutions based in Argentina.

Trotta and Breier, who had already met on May 10, met as part of the agenda that North America is leading in the region and which will make it an integral part of the tour that the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, will start Friday in Argentina and will also take you to Ecuador, Mexico and El Salvador.

A little earlier, the American press had revealed that the White House planned to pay $ 41.9 million to the government of Guaidó.

The aid will be channeled through the Agency for International Development (USAID), according to a memorandum sent to Congress by the White House last Thursday and revealed by the Los Angeles Times.

The funds belong to a heading intended to badist Guatemala and Honduras, and the decision to reorient them was adopted "in response to a demanding crisis involving the national interest", according to the filtered document.

This money will be dedicated to "pay salaries, air tickets, training in good governance, propaganda, technical badistance for the holding of elections and other projects to strengthen democracy"said the memo.

The United States is leading the international support that nearly 60 countries have demonstrated to the interim government of Venezuela, named due to ignorance of the mandate initiated last January by Maduro, to understand that he was born from irregular elections.

As a result, the National Assembly (NA), the unicameral parliament that is the only Venezuelan government not to control Chavismo, has appointed its president, Guaidó, as its agent, but has no access to funds public.