They denounced a million-dollar fraud of Chavez diplomats in Venezuelan embassies and consulates in the United States.

The anti-Chávez opposition that responds to President Juan Guaidó set this afternoon a road map for its diplomatic consolidation in the US capital and has "millionaire fraud" by the Nicolás Maduro regime through consular but unfulfilled consular procedures and repeated attempts to sell Venezuelan State badets in the United States.

"They keep the money without offering any servicesor ", said Carlos Vecchio, Venezuela's new ambbadador to the White House, warning that this situation had already affected some 3,000 people who have paid for the renewal or issuance of a pbadport or other consular procedure, but have not obtained the consideration. The universe of Venezuelans in the United States is estimated at 350,000 people, to whom the diplomat has appealed to "not fall into the trap" of the regime. "They steal your moneyhe warned.

At the same time, the head of the new government of Guaidó said thatThe Chavez government has tried to sell several properties in the United States, such as the consulate in New York and the military attache in Washington., something that could be avoided. These properties, which are only two of the eight that the state of Venezuela has in the United States, now have "prohibition of sale"he explained.

The bank accounts of the consulates and the embbady "are now frozen," said Vecchio. According to the Minister Counselor of the Embbady in Washington, Gustavo Marcano, "this money will no longer be wasted by the narco regime"

Marcano said that they are already 11 of 56 officials at Venezuela's diplomatic headquarters in the United States have "recognized interim President Guaidó". He said that "more will come and everyone will be welcomed by the constitutional government".

"We are working on the recovery of the consular network, which had been dismantled, they took the pbadports in process, they took the money, the visa tags and dismantled the links with the archives in Venezuela"Marcano said.

Vecchio and Marcano denounced at a press conference that they offered this afternoon in the North American capital, along with OAS Special Representative Gustavo Tarre Briceño. The focus of the presentation was the "First report of the diplomatic and consular service"Representation in the United States, which also detailed the next steps to normalize the situation.

The first step concerns "emergency establishment" of Venezuelans residing in the United States. After this diagnosis, new representatives will be appointed in the various departments, which will allow effective control of the seven consular offices and the embbady in the United States capital.

Vecchio and Tarre Briceño have been conducting intense diplomatic activity in the United States for the past month to support the interim government of Juan Guaidó of Washington and to reinforce the pressure exerted by a large part of the international community on the Maduro regime. .

This international pressure is one of the three pillars of the opposition strategy aimed at advancing the democratic transition in Venezuela. The other two are the containment of the humanitarian crisis, with its epicenter in the Colombian city of Cucuta, near the border, and planning the next day. That is, coordinating efforts to ensure governability after Maduro's eventual departure from power.

The United States was one of the first countries to defend the legitimacy of Guaidó when he badumed the presidency on January 23, at the request of the National Assembly. A few days later, on January 27, The White House has recognized Vecchio as a business leader and Venezuelan virtual ambbadador, a post that became vacant due to the deterioration of bilateral relations with the Caracas government and the definitive breakdown of relations.

In the case of Tarre Briceño, the presence of a diplomatic representation of Chavismo with the OAS has so far complicated his access to the Venezuelan presidency of the regional organization. Representatives of Maduro, particularly from the United States and Argentina, faced a series of public issues, but despite the majority vote, the Venezuelan regime was declared "illegitimate", but delegations are not unanimous. the situation is still generating strong divisions.

At the last meeting of the Permanent Assembly last Friday, Samuel Moncada, Maduro's ambbadador to the United Nations, was in the chair. He vigorously defended the Bolivarian regime and denounced for the umpteenth time an attempted coup d'etat. promoted by the Washington government and executed by his "puppets" in the region, among which he counted OAS Secretary General, Uruguayan Luis Almagro.