Biden says Venezuela is an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to the United States.

CARACAS.- The administration of Joe Biden does not yield a single millimeter in its challenge to the Bolivarian revolution and its leader, Nicolás Maduro, whom he considers a “brutal dictator”.

“The situation in Venezuela continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to US national security and foreign policy. I decided it was necessary to continue the national emergency declared by Decree 13692 regarding the situation in Venezuela, ”Biden informed Congress.

This is how Obama’s famous executive decree, promulgated in 2015 and which has been used for years by Chavism to denounce “Empire interference” is renewed.

The move comes alongside the penultimate North American endorsement of Juan Guaidó, whom he continues to see as Venezuela’s interim president. This was made known to him in a telephone conversation Tuesday by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who stressed “the importance of the return to democracy”.

“I spoke of our unwavering support for democracy in Venezuela and our efforts to improve people’s lives,” Blinken himself later explained. The Joe Biden administration insisted on working with its “allies” in the European Union (EU), the Lima Group, the Organization of American States (OAS) and the International Contact Group to increase multilateral pressure.