Persecution in Venezuela: Chavismo opened investigation for “treason to the homeland” against Juan Guaidó

The Chavist authorities announced on Tuesday that they had opened an investigation for “treason to the fatherland” against the president in charge, Juan Guaidó, in the Monomeros affair.. This was reported by Attorney General Tarek William Saab on his Twitter account, which also added the charges of usurpation of office, conspiracy, robbery of property and criminal association.

On the other hand, Guaidó assured on Tuesday that the assets of the Caribbean country abroad are under the protection of allies, such as the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and that your group explore the possibility of transferring them to a trust.

“Today, to use the resources of the Venezuelans, you know, there is an additional control which is the protection of the allies and that is why we are talking about OFAC licenses. What we are talking about is how we are improving this process (…) We are looking for numbers to protect and this is under discussion“Guaidó said at a press conference.

Guaidó referred to the fertilizer and chemical company Monómeros, based in Barranquilla (Colombia), and the decision of the Colombian government to subject it to “maximum surveillance”.

In this sense, he assured that the business must be managed according to the interests of Venezuela and declared having requested an external audit of the company, whose board of directors – according to him – “must be restructured”.

“Monomers are and will be Venezuelans“Guaidó mentioned this subsidiary of the state-owned company Petroquímica de Venezuela (Pequiven).

The anti-chavista leader added that the control measure imposed on this company aims to “protect this asset”.

On the other hand, Guaidó explained that the expectations around the negotiations taking place in Mexico between the regime of Nicolás Maduro and the Venezuelan opposition are to obtain justice, reparation for the victims and that there be peace in the Caribbean country..

“We have a cautious hope. That is to say, we know what we are up against, we understand that it is a dictatorship and we understand how they have used this process in the pastTherefore, we are going with precision, with clear objectives, seeking to integrate everyone, but also with the hope of a solution, ”said Guaidó.

The adversary He also mentioned the installation of the national social protection table which was agreed during negotiations and which will replace the technical vaccination table in Venezuela, and said he hoped work would start “as soon as possible”.

Explained that always it has not been defined who will be part of the social care group, but that the objective will be to respond to the humanitarian emergency facing Venezuela.

Guaidó acknowledged that the opposition leadership has made mistakes which it accepts and which seek to build the majority in the country to exercise it in the streets.

Regarding international sanctions against the Venezuelan state, he said: “We are ready to gradually lift the sanctions because we want a solution.”

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