[News] Guaidó Threatens Additional US Sanctions Against Venezuela

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orinocotribune.com
<https://orinocotribune.com/guaido-threatens-additional-us-sanctions/> Guaidó
Threatens Additional US Sanctions
José Manuel Blanco Diaz - January 27, 2022

Speaking on behalf of the United States government, far-right former deputy
of Venezuela Juan Guaidó threatened to intensify illegal sanctions imposed
by the White House on the Venezuelan people if the national government does
not resume the dialogue process in Mexico.

This was stated by the opposition figure in an interview published
<https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/offer-loosen-us-sanctions-venezuela-not-indefinite-guaido-says-2022-01-24/>
this Monday, January 24, by Reuters. The piece was subsequently shared by
other outlets and social media platforms, constituting a new attempt to
revive the fake “interim government” that has little to no support inside
or outside of Venezuela. In the interview, Guaidó repeated his provocative
attacks against Venezuelan state institutions, and again expressed his
disregard for the Constitutional government of Nicolás Maduro.

“We are willing to review the sanctions and we have ratified it with a view
to an agreement, if they don’t sit down at the negotiating table again,”
said Guaidó. In this manner, the former deputy encouraged further coercive
measures under the protection and support of Washington. No mention was
made of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, kidnapped by the US regime for his
role in procuring food and medicine to circumvent the illegal economic
blockade imposed by the US government. Following Saab’s illegal extradition
from Cape Verde to the US in October, the Venezuelan government has
insisted on his release as a condition to continuing dialogue with the
opposition.

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Regarding the intention that the US government has expressed to “soften”
some sanctions, the self-appointed “interim president” Guaidó asserted that
the Biden administration’s offer “is not indefinite.”

In mid-2021, the US government issued some “licenses” that allowed
transactions previously included in the blockade to be executed. For
example, the Department of the Treasury exempted certain operations in
ports and airports, as well as some activities related to the banking and
oil sectors.

*Conditions or blackmail?*
It is not the first time that former deputy Guaidó requested increased
sanctions against Venezuela and presented the option as a blackmail, to
demand supposed “free elections” that would violate the Constitution of the
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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In fact, the Venezuelan electoral schedule has been fulfilled as planned.
According to the Constitution, the people will elect the president of the
Republic again in the year 2024. For this reason, the head of state,
Nicolás Maduro, frequently reiterates his call to the opposition leaders to
resume the path of democracy, as they did during the recent regional and
municipal mega-elections.

In reality, a recall referendum process was activated a few days ago
against President Maduro, according to Constitutional provisions, and the
signature collection process was held this Wednesday, January 24. The event
was labeled as an absolute failure in terms of people signing to express
their willingness to see Maduro leave office.

Similarly, in the interview with Reuters, Guaidó persisted in the use of
language that tries to frame Maduro’s administration as a “dictatorship.”
The language is familiar to those who have followed the narrative
manufactured by US and UK corporate and mainstream media over the last few
years.

Even with that discursive line, the opposition politician declared that
“for all the creditors, including China, the best alternative is the
recovery of democracy in Venezuela, the reactivation of the oil sector and
judicial security.” Ironically, these are the very same sectors that have
suffered the harshest blow from the coercive economic measures that Juan
Guaidó himself promotes against millions of Venezuelans.

*Featured image: Former deputy Juan Guaidó. File photo.*

(RedRadioVE
<https://redradiove.com/guaido-amenaza-con-mas-sanciones-en-nombre-de-ee-uu/>)
by José Manuel Blanco Díaz, with Orinoco Tribune content

Translation: Orinoco Tribune

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José Manuel Blanco Diaz

Vice President of the Radio Miraflores Foundation |radiomiraflores.net.ve
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