EU considers Maduro illegitimate

Washington. The United States still does not consider Nicolás Maduro the legitimate president of Venezuela, the State Department said yesterday, which continues to recognize the opposition 2015 National Assembly, which recently dissolved the “interim government” of Juan Guaidó.

Our approach to Nicolás Maduro has not changed. He is not the legitimate leader of Venezuela,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters.

“The United States continues to recognize the National Assembly democratically elected in 2015 as the last remaining democratic institution in Venezuela, and we welcome the agreement reached to extend its authority,” it added in a statement.

The United States does not recognize Maduro as president for considering his re-election in 2018 fraudulent and has since supported opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who proclaimed himself “interim president” on January 5, 2019.

Last week he received a final blow: the opposition itself decided to put an end to the interim government as of January 5.

A turn that has not changed Washington’s position, despite the fact that in recent times it held negotiations with the Maduro government for the exchange of prisoners, and in the midst of the oil crisis unleashed by the sanctions imposed on Russia for having invaded Ukraine. .

Apparently the government of President Biden turns a deaf ear to the latest statements by Maduro, who assured that Venezuela is “fully prepared, to give way to a process of normalization of diplomatic, consular, and political relations” with the United States.

“We will continue to enforce our sanctions program against the Maduro regime,” Price said, qualifying that it will be assessed based on the steps Maduro takes.