Gustavo Tarre, representative of Juan Guaidó in front of the OEA: "Maduro has a foot out of Venezuela"

"Yesterday for a long time, the usurper was totally absent and that was because there was a negotiation going on to find out where Maduro was heading"said the diplomat after his meeting with the ambbadadors of the OAS countries to discuss the situation in the country.

While acknowledging that the dictator remained in power at the last minute, he warned that he would leave sooner or later.

"There was a negotiation going on and at the last minute, there was a change of plans and Maduro stayed, but what this tells us is that he already has one foot outside of Venezuela and what is missing, it's a little nudge to put the other one on. "he remarked.

He also reiterated the position expressed by the opposition since 23 January, when Guaidó took office as acting president: the only negotiation that can take place with the dictator is to define how, when and where leave.

"Negotiation is knowing when and where they are going, in that we are very open to dialogue", he said.

Tuesday, as thousands of Venezuelans mobilized in the streets to demand the fall of the dictatorship, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo revealed to the chain CNN Maduro was ready to leave Venezuela until he was deterred by Russia.

"He had a plane on the runway, he was ready to leave this morning, as far as we know, and the Russians told him that he should stay"said Pompeo, who explained that the destination was Havana.

John Bolton, The US security adviser confirmed, meanwhile, that three senior regime officials had negotiated with Maduro the Maduro exit. The officials in question are Vladimir Padrino López (Minister of Defense), Maikel Moreno (President of the Supreme Court of Justice) and Iván Hernández Dala (Director of the Counterintelligence Directorate).

Later, during a dialogue with the VPI network, Elliott Abrams, US representative in Venezuela, said that "almost all the high commandments" were involved in the negotiations and that they "had recognized Juan Guaidó as acting president ". "There is a document with 15 points and talks about guarantees for the army," he explained.

"Maduro has not participated in these negotiations and perhaps he has discovered these negotiations and that is why they decided to act now"he said.

At the OAS Permanent Council held on Wednesday with extraordinary character, the United States condemned the attacks on peaceful protesters in Venezuela, according to remarks by Alexis Ludwin, Washington's representative to the United States. ;organization: "These attacks are not going to silence the Venezuelan people, the people know the truth."