Maduro agreed to go to presidential elections but with conditions, according to the US press – Telam

The Chavez delegates formally expressed this position during the first talks last May and ratified it at the end of July, in the last round of dialogue published by the Wall Street Journal, which claimed to base its report on statements from four sources. , that he has not identified.

"The chavist government has officially agreed to go to elections, but in exchange for lifting sanctions and keeping Maduro; The United States does not want it; We will continue to negotiate and then discuss whether Maduro remains or not, "said one of the informants.

Washington refused to lift the sanctions and rejected the possibility that Maduro be in the government during the elections, but in exchange, he offered security guarantees in exile of President Chavez, according to the note cited by the newspaper Caracas El Nacional. .

"We are currently negotiating, with the mediation of Norway, internationally guaranteed guarantees," said Acting President appointed by the National Assembly (AN, parliament), Juan Guaidó, in statements taken from the press release. article.

Chavismo and the opposition are negotiating, under the auspices of the Norwegian government, a possible exit from the conflict of powers in which Venezuela is plunged since January, when the AN – with the support of 56 countries – ignored the new mandate of Maduro and named to its owner, Guaidó, as acting president of the republic.

After five rounds of negotiations – two in Oslo in May and three in Bridgetown (Barbados) in July – Maduro decided to suspend the dialogue earlier this month, after the US decided to block all badets. and interests "of the Venezuelan Government in North American jurisdiction.