The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, unknown to the United States, called on Saturday Joe Biden’s new government to ‘turn the page’ and declare itself ready to establish ‘a new path’ in the broken diplomatic relations between Caracas and Washington.
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“We are ready to enter into a new relationship with Joe Biden’s government based on mutual respect, dialogue, communication and understanding (…). Venezuela, this Venezuela of the 21st century, Bolivarian and revolutionary, is ready to turn the page and to create new avenues of respect, dialogue and diplomatic communication with the new United States government, “Maduro said in a speech to supporters.
The act coincided with the commemorations on January 23, 1958, the date on which the military dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez fell. On January 23, 2019, opposition leader Juan Guaidó declared himself president responsible for
Venezuela after the majority of the opposition controlling the National Assembly’s unicameral system declared Maduro an “usurper” and accused him of being reelected with a “fraud” in 2018.
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The administration of Donald Trump immediately recognized Guaidó as an interim president and the socialist ruler responded by announcing the severance of relations between Caracas and Washington, tense since the era of the late former president Hugo Chávez (1999-2013).
This 21st century Venezuela … is ready to turn the page and break new ground of respect, dialogue and diplomatic communication
“Two years ago I had to respond with strength and dignity and from this balcony I continued as Head of State sever all political and diplomatic relations with the government of the United States then, ”Maduro continued.
Antony Blinken, nominated by Biden as the new Secretary of State, has said the White House will continue to recognize Guaidó despite the new Chavista majority in parliament, after elections boycotted by the opposition – which they labeled fraudulent – and unknown to the United States, the European Union and several Latin American countries. Blinken called Maduro a “cruel dictator.”
Guaidó defends the continuity of the old opposition parliament in the light of questions to the parliamentary elections of 6 January last and thus his position as congress head, of which he claimed the interim presidency.
Analysts believe that the Biden government will be more moderate and argue for international mediation for a gradual transfer of power in
Venezuela.
AFP
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