Possible Elections in Venezuela: What Conditions Maduro Requested

Chavism has agreed, in the dialogue with the opposition sponsored by Norway, to convene presidential elections as soon as possible, but whenever President Nicolás Maduro would be in power, the elections being held and the United States rising the economic sanctions imposed on Venezuela, the conditions rejected by the anti-Chavez and Washington, revealed today the American press.

The Chavez delegates formally expressed this position during the first talks last May and ratified it at the end of July, in the last round of dialogue published by the Wall Street Journal, which claimed to base its report on statements from four sources. , that he has not identified.

"The chavist government has officially agreed to go to elections, but in exchange for lifting sanctions and keeping Maduro; The United States does not want it; We will continue to negotiate and then discuss whether Maduro remains or not, "said one of the informants.

Washington refused to lift the sanctions and rejected the possibility that Maduro be in the government during the elections, but in exchange, he offered security guarantees in exile of President Chavez, according to the note cited by the newspaper Caracas El Nacional. .

"We are currently negotiating, with the mediation of Norway, internationally guaranteed guarantees," said Acting President appointed by the National Assembly (AN, parliament), Juan Guaidó, in statements taken from the press release. article.

Chavismo and the opposition are negotiating, under the auspices of the Norwegian government, a possible exit from the conflict of powers in which Venezuela is plunged since January, when the AN – with the support of 56 countries – ignored the new mandate of Maduro and named to its owner, Guaidó, as acting president of the republic.