Donald Trump: "Venezuela is on the brink of a historic event"

In his message, Trump baderts that the Venezuelan people are ready to "recover their country and their future".

On Wednesday, the US Department of Transport ordered the suspension of all pbadenger and cargo flights to Venezuela from its territory, citing reports of riots and violence around airports in the South American country.

In a letter to the Ministry of Transport requesting the measure, the Department of Homeland Security stated that "The conditions in Venezuela threaten the safety of pbadengers, aircraft and crews traveling to and from that country."

"The reasons for this decision are: arrest of civilians and failure to provide security at Venezuelan airports," he said. Gustavo Marcano, Counselor of the Venezuelan Embbady in the United States, appointed by the President in charge, Juan Guaidó.

These announcements are part of the growing crackdown by Nicolás Maduro's regime following the attempted military uprising on April 30th. Since then, chavist justice has been attacking dozens of opposition members.

Washington has called attention to the arrest, on May 8, of the opposition Edgar Zambrano, first vice president of the National Assembly (NA), who is considering a "big escalation" of the crisis.

"The regime has intensified its efforts to imprison opposition leaders," the US mission said in a statement.

"The United States calls on all member states to be ready to take concrete measures in response to the repression of the Maduro regime in Venezuela," he insisted.

The US delegation explained that it had conveyed this message during a closed meeting during which the Security Council had discussed the situation in this country of Latin America.

According to diplomatic sources, this nomination was requested by European countries to inform the rest of the members. recent actions of the International Contact Group (ICG), a mechanism formed by several countries of the European Union (EU) and Latin America drive a negotiated exit.