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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Guaidó Threatens Additional US Sanctions</h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">José Manuel Blanco Diaz - January 27, 2022<br></div></div><div class="gmail-content"><div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><div><p>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.</p>
<p>This was stated by the opposition figure in an <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/offer-loosen-us-sanctions-venezuela-not-indefinite-guaido-says-2022-01-24/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview published</a>
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.</p>
<p>“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.</p>
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<p>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.”</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>Conditions or blackmail?</strong><br>
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.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><em>Featured image: Former deputy Juan Guaidó. File photo.</em></p>
<p>(<a href="https://redradiove.com/guaido-amenaza-con-mas-sanciones-en-nombre-de-ee-uu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RedRadioVE</a>) by José Manuel Blanco Díaz, with Orinoco Tribune content</p>
<p>Translation: Orinoco Tribune</p>
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