The United States accepted the opposition, Carlos Vecchio, as Venezuela's chief of affairs in Washington

The Secretary of State of the United States, Mike Pompeo, announced this Sunday that he was accepting Carlos Vecchio as Venezuela's commercial director in Washington, after the leader of the opposition was appointed to this post by Juan Guaidó.

"January 25th, The United States has accepted the designation made by the acting President Juan Guaidó of Carlos Alfredo Vecchio as the Venezuelan government's head of enterprise in the United States. ", Said Pompeo in a statement.

"Mr. Vecchio will have authority over the diplomatic affairs of Venezuela in the United States"added the US Minister of Foreign Affairs.

After its accreditation, Pompeo indicated that Vecchio had met the Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs, David Hale, "which reaffirmed the strong support of the United States for the leadership of the interim President Guaidó in Venezuela".

"The United States looks forward to working with Mr. Vecchio and the diplomatic staff appointed by Acting President Guaidó."said Pompeo.

Exceptional opposition leader, Vecchio, exiled in the United States since 2014, is the political coordinator of the Partido Voluntad Popular (VP) led by Leopoldo López, under house arrest in Venezuela.

The appointment of Vecchio comes after the appointment of the lawyer by the National Assembly. Gustavo Tarre Briceño as Venezuela's special representative to the Organization of American States (OAS).

Guaidó is said to be ready to lead a "transitional government" to hold new elections in accordance with the constitutional mandate., for which he seeks the support of the citizens and the armed forces, considered Maduro's main supporter.

Senator Marco Rubio, for his part, reported that the White House He transferred the management of all accounts of the Venezuelan State and the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) in the United States to the government of Juan Guaidó.

"The United States has entrusted the control of the Venezuelan government and central bank's US bank accounts to the legitimate government of interim President Juan Guaidó.", announced the republican parliamentarian on Twitter.

Guaidó, president of the National Assembly (AN), with a majority of the opposition, was proclaimed Wednesday after the legislature declared Maduro "usurper" for having started on Jan. 10 a second mandate deemed illegitimate by the international community, which considers that his re-election was fraudulent.

As soon as Washington recognized Guaidó, Maduro broke off diplomatic relations with the United States and ordered the closure of the Embbady and all Venezuelan consulates in that country.

With information from AFP and EFE