USA considers taking action against the regime Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela show the dictator that his actions have consequences. The threat of North American power comes in response to the order for the arrest of Edmundo Gonzalez, opposition candidate in previous elections July 28 and legitimate winner of the elections. The White House condemned the order issued by a Venezuelan court after González refused to testify three times. The regime demanded that the opposition candidate be held responsible for leaking data proving his election victory.
“In consideration of our partners, we are considering various options to demonstrate to Mr. Wall and its representatives that their actions in Venezuela “This will have consequences,” he assured. John Kirby advisor of National security of the White House, to the media on Tuesday. Kirby insisted that these actions are presented as a condemnation of the charges against Gonzalez, whom the Maduro government accuses of allegedly inciting violence in Venezuela. “This is just another example of Mr. Wall for maintaining power by force and refusing to recognize that Mr. González had obtained the majority of votes on July 28,” he said. Kirby. The White House did not detail any specific measures in response.
The announcement of USA arrives after the Venezuelan Prosecutor’s Office On Monday, he asked a court specializing in terrorist crimes to issue an arrest warrant against Gonzalez for his “alleged commission of the crimes of usurpation of functions” and “falsification of a public document”, in relation to the electoral archives of the presidential election of July 28. The request for Prosecutor’s Office This was done after the opposition candidate refused to appear three times in response to a summons from the public prosecutor. The last summons included a threat of arrest. Gonzalez, who is missing and does not acknowledge the crimes he is accused of.
Kirby recalled that, in recent months, USA has already “applied and calibrated” sanctions against Venezuela “in light of the general interests” of the North American country and “the actions and omissions taken by Wall and their representatives. The last major action against Venezuelan Executive was the seizure, on Monday, of Maduro’s official plane, seized in the Dominican Republic on the orders of the American authorities, as part of the sanctions applied to Caracas.
According to Washington, the plane, transferred to Florida for having been “purchased illegally” for $13 million, it is a Dassault Falcon 900EX owned by Maduro and his associates in Venezuela, which was operated on his behalf. It Government of Venezuela announced after the seizure that it reserved the right to take legal action to repair the damage and said in a statement that what happened was a “criminal practice.”
Last April, the United States partially reversed its trend easing of sanctions on Venezuelan oil and gas, accusing Maduro of failing to fulfill his electoral commitments with the disqualification of the opposition candidate Maria Corina Machado.
