Jorge Faurie revealed that the Lima group will begin negotiations with China, Russia and Cuba to speed up the departure of Nicolás Maduro

Jorge Faurie played a key role in the Lima group session in Bogotá. US secret diplomacy had put a lot of pressure on interim President Juan Guaidó, proposing that he use force against Nicolás Maduro. lobby hawks of the white house and they managed to convince the Lima group that only diplomatic pressure was the only way to solve the crisis in Venezuela.

In an exclusive report with Infobae, Faurie explained that the amnesty offered by the United States to the military under investigation for corruption cases – money laundering, drug trafficking, illegal sale of oil, among other charges – may be a turning point to achieve a rapid transition Venezuela. "The military must decide which side they are on," said the Foreign Minister.

As well, Faurie said negotiations with China, Russia and Cuba would begin to find a diplomatic way to accelerate the fall of Maduro. Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin still hold the populist regime with millions of dollars and Security Council veto sanctions, while Havana continues to provide elite advisers to support Maduro in his worst energy crisis.

"Guaidó is going back to Venezuela and we were very clear about the replication of the international system, if Maduro complied with his threats," said Foreign Minister Faurie. He added: "We have already invited Guaidó to Argentina, and if he can not come, he should meet Mauricio Macri in a third country," the foreign minister said.

-How did you manage to convince the Venezuelan delegation that the use of force to overthrow Nicolás Maduro is not viable?
One of the elements that brings together the Lima group is that we will exert all the necessary pressure through the diplomatic channel, avoiding the use of force. And it's a value shared by all, in the Lima group.

– How do you understand that they have asked for the use of force?
"It was an expression of wishes, which is understandable. Venezuelans are saddened by this lack of quick results. But going through the path of violence would solve nothing.

-The United States is not part of the Lima group. And Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence, who was at the deliberations of the Bogota summit, is committed to making diplomacy a way to resolve the crisis in Venezuela. But the Lima group can not with its declaration of Bogota condition the actions of the White House in the future …
-I believe that the United States respected the identity of the Lima group, which accompanies all the efforts made from the beginning and engaged in what we could call a similarity to the wave length, of how the Lima group handles pressure about Venezuela. And I think Vice President Pence's speech, when he spoke – I would even say in an almost theatrical way – of amnesty, was a direct message to the heart of the armed forces, to which all members of the armed forces should pay attention. very special

-Because?
-This message has an extra value. It was not only President (Juan) Guaidó who offered the amnesty, it was not just the Lima group … The Vice President of the United States, on behalf of President Trump, said that moment was a reflection and a value for amnesty. On which side are you, see it well …

-If the generals investigated in corruption cases in the United States support President Guaidó, the United States would check whether they are still under investigation or not. Would he act on the offer proposed by Vice President Pence?
-Gives them the chance to put on the right side.

-You imagine an amnesty proposed by Guaidó upon his arrival at the transitional government and another raised by the United States …
-The biggest concern today of Venezuelans accompanying the Madurai is what will happen to him the next day if Maduro is not there. And this message is the clarity that there is a moment to choose which side to put on.

– Is not it time to also open negotiations with China and Russia that influence Maduro and have the right to veto the United Nations?
– that's what we agreed. We have agreed to carry out clarification missions, through various foreign ministers, in clearly identified countries with the support of the Maduro regime.

-Guaidó will meet President Mauricio Macri.
-I've already been invited. And at the first opportunity, Juan Guaidó is welcome in Argentina. And if you can not here, it will be in a third country.