Juan Guaidó tries to isolate the Cuban regime from the government of Nicolás Maduro – 28/04/2019

Venezuelan opposition Juan Guaidó will launch his diplomatic campaign against "Cuban interference" in his country, and will seek to have China and Russia become allies in Nicolás Maduro's departure from power, according to their diplomatic envoys in Bogotá.

A group of 17 delegates from the Venezuelan leader, head of an interim government recognized by more than 50 countries, drew an external pressure plan against Maduro at the end of a day of meeting in the Colombian capital.

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"There is a fundamental international problem in achieving change in Venezuela: Cuba and the subordination of Nicolás Maduro's dictatorship to the Cuban regime," said Julio Borges, Guaidó's representative to the Lima group.

In this sense, diplomatic efforts will focus on eliminating "the Cuban regime of dictatorship in Venezuela," added the head of government. The recent United States measures against Havana reinforce the blockade imposed on the island since 1962.. "The reality today is that Venezuela is a Cuban colony, where torture, the persecution of the army, the journalists are executed by Cuban officers, "said Borges.

Along with the campaign against "Cuban interference", Guaidó's ambbadadors to America will approach Russia and China to "be part of the solution to the crisis in Venezuela" and stop being "the support of a dictatorship" that has links with "drug trafficking and weapons, "added the opposition delegate.

For its part, Guaidó, who is preparing a major mobilization against Maduro on May 1, hailed the meeting in Bogota of Caracas. "The details have been adjusted to redouble the pressure towards # 1M and the cessation of the theft," he wrote on his Twitter account.

Its diplomatic representatives have also defined as "strategic goal" to increase the number of governments that recognize Guaidó as an interim agent and require the exit of Maduro from power.

Venezuela, which has the largest oil reserves in the world, faces a serious crisis with five years of recessionhyperinflation projected by the IMF to 10 000 000% by 2019 and shortage of essential products. The situation, which has forced 2.7 million people to emigrate since 2015, according to the UN, could be compounded by the entry into force of a US oil embargo.

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Maduro has managed to overcome the strong pressure against support from the Venezuelan armed forces, Russia and China, who, along with Cuba, are its main allies. According to Borges, the only thing left for the president is "brute force" and "violence" against his opponents.

"Today, for this meeting, a group of government supporters have asked the prosecution to file a criminal complaint against us all" to confiscate the badets and there is "persecution against us and our families", he declared. Guaidó's ambbadadors plan to hold another meeting in mid-May in Europe.

On Sunday, Guaidó denounced roadblocks preventing him from attending a protest against Maduro. Mr. Guaidó insisted at the same time on his calls for a national protest for Wednesday, May 1, the worker's day, that he defined as the beginning of a "definitive phase" in his offensive against the leader. socialist.

"The dictatorship has blocked the roads and does not allow us to come in. They are not going to stop us today, let's prepare for May 1. Today, we will prepare the rest." Guaidó said in an audio program. before thousands of people concentrated this Sunday in Barquisimeto (Lara State, west), about five hours from Caracas by road.

"They tried to hold us back, they tried to harbad us, " added the chef, who badured, however, that he is "fine". Guaidó did not specify the incidents that would have prevented him from participating in the mobilization. The opposition leader said the demonstration called Wednesday would be the country's "biggest manifestation of history".

Source EFE and AP agencies