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The Venezuelan President has decided to suspend his regime's participation in the dialogue with the opposition on Wednesday, August 7, 2019. A retaliatory measure, following the new economic sanctions taken by the United States against Caracas the day before, and hailed by Nicolas Maduro's rival, Juan Guaido.
" Although the opposition delegation nominated by MP Juan Guaido is already in Barbados for the week's talks scheduled for this week, President Nicolas Maduro has decided not to send the Venezuelan delegation on this occasion, because the serious and brutal aggression perpetrated continuously and retorted by the Trump administration against Venezuela, "reads an official statement.
After a first meeting in mid-May in Oslo, discussions between the two camps resumed in Barbados on 8 July. Delegations had to meet for new talks on Thursday and Friday under the auspices of Norway. However, the regime is refusing to leave the negotiating table. " Venezuela is preparing to review the mechanisms of this process so that they are in line with the interests of our people, " the statement said.
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Last Friday, the Norwegian government said delegates from both sides pledged to find a " constitutional " solution to the crisis. But on Tuesday, Donald Trump ordered a total freeze of property in the United States from the Venezuelan government. In an interview with VTV, President Maduro said the opposition applauded the new sanctions, adding that it was impossible to negotiate under these conditions.
Wednesday's statement said the same thing: " We have noted with deep indignation that the head of the opposition delegation, Juan Guaido, celebrates, promotes and supports those actions that undermine our country's sovereignty and human rights. the most basic of its inhabitants ", can we read. In the aftermath of the freeze, Caracas accused Washington of "economic terrorism" and sought to provoke a break in the dialogue.
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Opposition leader Juan Guaido, who proclaimed himself interim president in January, a move recognized by more than 50 countries including the United States, has indeed welcomed the freeze decided by Washington. He assured on Twitter that this measure was aimed at " protecting Venezuelans ", again accusing Nicolas Maduro of usurping the power in Venezuela, the last presidential being, in the eyes of the opposition, without any value.
With AFP