US seeks to smother Maduro | The government …

The United Nations Security Council meets in New York with a hot topic on the agenda: Venezuela. The United States convened the session. They intend to make the international community known to the self-proclaimed president of this country, Juan Guaidó. Russia, which supports Nicolás Maduro, tried to block the session, but failed in the vote in which the agenda was discussed.

At the beginning of the session, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended his government's recognition of Guaidó as president of Venezuela. "We have a new president in Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, who has promised to hold elections and restore constitutional order," said Donald Trump's senior diplomat, accusing Maduro of being responsible for what is happening in the Caribbean country.

Later, in front of the press, Pompeo urged all nations to carry out their financial transactions with Venezuela. "We also hope that each of these nations will ensure the disconnection of its financial system from the Maduro regime and allow the badets belonging to the Venezuelan people to visit the legitimate leadership of this state," he said in this regard.

The Russian ambbadador also felt that Maduro did not represent "any threat to peace and security". In addition, he emphasized that the appeal to the Council for the Venezuelan case involved "a violation of international law" and an attempt "to orchestrate a coup d'etat".

Given the division within the Security Council, no decision or official decision should be taken, but countries will limit themselves to listening to a UN report and expressing their positions on the crisis in Venezuela.

Previously, the ultimatum of Spain, France and Germany had been finalized, giving Maduro eight days to call new elections.

"The Venezuelan people should be able to decide their future freely, without elections announced in eight days, we could recognize Juan Guaidó as" acting president "of Venezuela to implement this political process, we are working with our European allies," he wrote. the French president on Twitter. Emmanuel Macron, at the moment when Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and German government spokesman Martina Fitz made similar announcements.

Yesterday, the Spanish government had proposed to the European Union to convene Maduro to call elections. For this reason, during his meeting with the press in Caracas, Nicolás Maduro criticized Sánchez and accused him of "repeating the scenario" of José María Aznar, the conservative leader who had approved the coup d'etat missed 2002 against Hugo Chávez.