Juan Guaidó declared to have discussed with Donald Trump the Venezuelan crisis

The acting president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, confirmed Monday that he had discussed with US President Donald Trump, on the crisis of the oil country, which enjoys the strong support of Washington.

"Yes, we spoke with the President (Trump), as well as with other presidents of the region and the world", said Guaidó, head of the parliament of the majority of the opposition, during an interview with the network CNN in Spanish.

Trump was the first president to recognize Guaidó, After that last Wednesday, he self-incriminated alleging that the Constitution empowers him to fill the power vacuum created by the dictator Nicolás Maduro's badumption of a second illegitimate mandate. ".

"I've had conversations not only with the US executive"said the MP, who also said that he had talks with leaders Iván Duque (Colombia), Sebastián Piñera (Chile), Mauricio Macri and Pedro Sánchez (Spain), among others.

Several Latin American governments validated Guaidó's self-proclamation and the claim that Maduro was re-elected in a fraudulent election in May 2018; he should not take office on 10 January.

Maduro denounces this swearing as a "coup d'etat" led by the White House, which he accuses of trying to resolve the Venezuelan political conflict by military means.

The legislator pointed out however that he did not have information on certain notes according to which John Bulton, Counsel for Trump's national security, he let the press see an apparent negligence at a Washington press conference Monday.. It read: "5,000 soldiers in Colombia".

"I have no information (…), but we are clearly in a very complex situation in Venezuela today"maintained Guaidó on the subject.

He added that the desire of the opposition is to "come out quickly" from the crisis "with tools from Venezuela"for whom "great efforts were made by voting, by protesting, by building majorities".

"The important thing is the great effort and recognition of all the countries of the world in favor of the sacrifice of the Venezuelan, of his will to go forward and ultimately save democracy" , have noticed.

(With information from AFP)