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Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has sent a letter to the G7 leaders asking them to discuss the crisis in his country at their summit in France, the opposition-controlled parliament said on Sunday. Maduro.

In this letter, which is unknown when it was sent, Juan Guaido prays the G7 to "coordinate a joint action that will (take) exemplary sanctions against all those who violate human rights and put an end to the suffering of the Venezuelan people ", according to excerpts released by the Foreign Affairs Committee in a statement.

Among the 50 or so countries that recognize the center-right opponent as interim president are most G7 countries.

Juan Guaido calls Nicolas Maduro "usurper" because of the "fraudulent" presidential election of 2018 which allowed him to stay in power and he tries to dislodge the palace of Miraflores since January, while claiming "free, transparent and secured elections".

The socialist president enjoys the support of Russia, China and Cuba, his closest ally in Latin America.

The political crisis in Venezuela is coupled with an economic recession that is bleeding the country: according to the United Nations, nearly one in four Venezuelans in need of emergency humanitarian aid and hyperinflation should reach 1,000,000 % this year, according to the IMF.

And this "humanitarian crisis", continued Juan Guaido in his missive, "was provoked by the usurper regime of Nicolas Maduro".

Conversely, Nicolas Maduro, who calls Juan Guaido "puppet" Washington, believes that the crisis is due to the many economic sanctions taken by the administration of Donald Trump to put it under pressure and, ultimately, to dislodge of the Presidency.

The "most effective diplomatic solution" to get out of the crisis and "begin a peaceful and democratic transition can be in the hands of the G7 leaders," Juan Guaido concluded in his letter.

The G7 summit in Biarritz (southwestern France) is due to end on Monday at midday. Iran's nuclear power and the fires that ravage the Amazon in Brazil have so far dominated the discussions.

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