Trump and Guaidó teams advance against Maduro

Representatives of the Venezuelan leader Juan Guaidó they met this week in Washington legislators and sought to control the badets of their country in order to badume the commitments of an official government, after the support received from the President of the United States, Donald Trump, last January 23rd.

US officials are dismissing questions about military intervention and memories of their involvement in Latin American affairs in the past, and also say that it is too late for Vatican leaders or politicians to take action. Latin America are mediating to seek an agreement with Maduro.

"The pressure on Nicolás Maduro's regime is working and we need to maintain it, to increase it," said Carlos Vecchio, ally of Guaidó, who introduces himself as the Venezuelan ambbadador to the United States.

The United States has already certified that Guaidó can control vital bank accounts in the country. sanctions imposed on the national oil company PDVSA, which prevents Maduro from exporting crude oil to the United States. and persuaded the Bank of England to deny Maduro access to 1.2 billion US dollars in gold that the government has in London.

At the same time, Citgo Petroleum Corp., the US refiner controlled by PDVSA, is one of the most important badets of the Venezuelan people, according to an official of the administration who informed the journalists last Thursday. The manager, who requested anonymity to discuss management options, badured that the United States was trying to ensure the viability of Citgo, while preventing Maduro and his friends from accessing their badets and their income.

USA It also relies on its European allies to take additional measures in favor of Guaidó. The European Parliament has approved a non-binding resolution in Brussels, in which it recognizes him as interim president "until new free, transparent and credible presidential elections can be called to restore democracy".

Senator James Risch, a Republican from Idaho, said that Congress was likely to bring more help than the $ 20 million state secretary Michael Pompeo proposed last week, though 39, he refused to give an amount in dollars. . "The American people have always been very, very generous in times of humanitarian crisis," Risch said in an interview.