Juan Guaidó asked Pope Francisco to "show" Nicolás Maduro the need "to go to a process of transition"

Juan Guaidó, recognized by some 40 countries as interim president of Venezuela, asked on Wednesday Pope Francis to plead before the dictator Nicolás Maduro so that he leaves power.

The opponent raised the pontiff to "show" Maduro the need to "move towards an orderly transition process that stabilizes the country".

"Time is another in Venezuela", he said, consulted by Venezuelan journalists about the possibility of a dialogue with Francisco's mediation, at the request of the dictator Chaviste.

At the end of January, after visiting Panama, The pope had called for a "just and peaceful" solution to the Venezuelan crisis and he avoided pronouncing "on what to do because it would be foolish (…) and it would hurt."

"The great moral authority that the Vatican and the Pope have at their disposal makes the guarantee process easier for some who have today refused to see reality"said Guaidó, who accuses Maduro of "usurping" the presidency for being re-elected in fraudulent votes.

Acting President offered an amnesty to the army to break with Maduro and he said that he did not rule out that it even benefited the dictator.

Maduro sent this week to the president of the Catholic Church a letter in which he asks for "his greatest efforts and his willingness" to help "on the path of dialogue," said Monday the president to the chain Italian. SkyTG24.

The pope was ready to mediate if the "two parties" ask for it. He said he received the letter, but he has not read it yet.

Attempts after the violent protests in 2017, which killed about 125 people, They were also unsuccessful.

Guaidó, who was proclaimed president in charge on January 23 refuses to borrow for a "false dialogue", while demanding the exit of Maduro and new presidential elections.

The opposition leader rejected the pope's concerns about the risk of "bloodshed" in the Venezuelan conflict.

"What generates this bloodbath" and "a famine" is "the maintenance of Maduro's usurpation functions"said Guaidó, who has denounced the deaths of 70 young people at the hands of police forces in recent weeks.

Guaidó said the fears of a civil war are a "fiction" fueled by Maduro: "There is no risk of civil war (…), 90% of the population wants change."