Crisis in Venezuela: the Lima group meets to analyze the continuation of aid to Guaidó

As the crisis in Venezuela continues and the President of the United States, Donald Trump, does not rule out a military intervention, the Lima group will meet in Canada to discuss support for the president. self-proclaimed Juan Guaidó.

The meeting was also convened by the host country with the aim "to explore ways in which the international community can further support the people of Venezuela", while increasing international pressure against Nicolás Maduro. .

The Lima group, composed of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Saint Lucia, will attend Julio Borges, appointed by Guaidó as representative to the international organization.

According to the EFE agency, in addition to the 14 member countries, delegates from the United States, Uruguay, the European Union and the Organization of American States (OAS) are expected , all as observers.

"The institutional, economic and humanitarian crisis of Venezuela suppose a huge security problemFor the continent, "warned Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, adding that" there are already countries such as Colombia and Brazil, which have hosted a large number of Venezuelan refugees. "

"We have seen in Syria how a refugee crisis can have wider and destabilizing impacts, it is important that we also focus on that," Freeland added.

On the other hand, as of the inauguration of Andrés López Obrador as President, Mexico distanced itself from its partners on 1 December and was the only one not to have signed the declaration in which the Group is not aware of the mandate initiated on December 10th. January by Maduro as president of Venezuela.

A few days ago, Mexico signed with Uruguay a document in which both countries declared themselves neutral about the Venezuelan power conflict and convened a similar country meeting to be held on Thursday in Montevideo. . then he withdrew from this call.

United States and possibility of military intervention

When Juan Guaidó was proclaimed president, they came to support him at the White House. Even in those early hours, Trump had been questioned about a possible military intervention. "All options are on the table," he said at that time. Two weeks later, in an interview with the CBS network, he confirmed his position. "I do not want to answer that, but it's possible, it's one of the variants ", said the president of the United States about a possible military advance in Venezuela.

Trump also said that "a few months ago," Maduro "wanted to meet him," a proposal that the Venezuelan leader made publicly amid escalating US sanctions and growing international pressure . The President of the United States explained that he had decided to refuse a meeting because "There are a lot of really horrible things happening in Venezuela."