Major European countries poised to recognize Venezuela’s Guaido

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Juan GuaidoMajor European countries threw their weight behind Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido on Saturday saying they would recognize him as interim president if Nicolas Maduro failed to call elections within eight days.

Britain, Germany, France and Spain all said they would recognize Guaido unless fresh elections were announced.

Venezuela has sunk into turmoil under Maduro with food shortages and daily protests amid an economic and political crisis that has sparked mass emigration and inflation that is seen rising to 10 million percent this year.

Maduro cruised to re-election in May last year amid low turnout and allegations of vote-buying by the government. The domestic opposition, the United States and right leaning Latin American governments declined to recognize the result of the vote.

Guaido proclaimed himself interim president on Wednesday though Maduro, who has led the oil-rich nation since 2013 and has the support of the armed forces, has refused to stand down.

Earlier this week, the United States declared support for Guaido, with Vice President Mike Pence calling Maduro “a dictator with no legitimate claim to power.” Since then, most Latin American nations and Canada have all said they back the 35-year-old opposition leader.

EUROPE JOINS CALL

On Saturday, they were joined by four European Union countries.

“The government of Spain gives [President] Nicolas Maduro eight days to call free, transparent and democratic elections,” Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said in statement.

“If that doesn’t happen, Spain will recognize Juan Guaido as interim president in charge of calling these elections.”

French President Manuel Macron sent a tweet echoing Sanchez’s comments almost simultaneously.

“Unless elections are announced within eight days, we will be ready to recognize @jguaido as ‘President in charge’ of Venezuela in order to trigger a political process,” Macron said.

A spokeswoman from the German government tweeted the same message shortly after the comments from Madrid and Paris.

And later British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt made a similar call.

“After banning opposition candidates, ballot box stuffing and counting irregularities in a deeply flawed election it is clear Nicolas Maduro is not the legitimate leader of Venezuela,” Hunt tweeted.

Russia, meanwhile, has vowed to support Maduro and back its socialist South American ally and accused the United States of trying to usurp power in Venezuela.

The United States said on Friday it was ready to step up economic measures to drive Maduro from power.

Europe had until now simply called for new elections in the troubled South American country. Sanchez said Spain’s government on Friday had proposed the 28 countries of the European Union recognize Guaido as interim president.

European Commission did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

REUTERS

 

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10 responses to “Major European countries poised to recognize Venezuela’s Guaido”

  1. It’s not surprising that Russia accuses the US of conspiring on coup d’état in Venezuela.

    Now the EU is behind several member states in the demand for new elections in Venezuela.

    If elections are not announced within eight days, opposition Guaidó is recognized as president.

    At the same time, the United States is on the UN Security Council to support the opposition, causing Russia to accuse the US of conspiring to coup.

    Nowadays social media views are counted more than anything else, as on Press tv https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b4a259bc9be850bd05e9850f4c9a7bde6ff2b28c770a17bd535ba2bf768f3528.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cbbdd0b26858ff1c90745de77bf2397bd7d0f9be886fde9361c6f2bd26bf2e5a.jpg
    Tweeter users revel in the subject, https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/645e929d4616cac3bb3dedccfb44982308d6f04f625c8db66af711865306af86.jpg since they see the international Newspaper as FAKE NEWS – real news you find on social media….

  2. Venezuela’s top military representative to the US has defected from Nicolás Maduro’s government.

    Col José Luis Silva says he now recognises opposition leader Juan Guaidó as president instead. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/50647dd1ae896a892fea0d7fd78b99e8f3dd99dadc7fbb6885c5da7b6539107a.jpg The security forces are seen as the key player in this crisis, and Mr Guaidó has asked them to “put themselves on the side of the Venezuelan people”.
    Nicolás Maduro was re-elected to a second term last year – but the elections were controversial, with many opposition candidates barred from running or jailed.

    Supreme Court judge Christian Zerpa fled to the US in January, telling journalists the election “was not free and competitive”.

  3. @Partisangirl you should ask why La Pen didn’t declared herself as “acting interim president of France” and not such as stupid question as; “Why doesn’t #Trump unilaterally recognise La Pen as interim president of France?”

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      Hind Abyad

      ”Arreaza also talked about the situation of the illegally and
      unconstitutionally self-proclaimed “interim president” Juan Guaido,
      asking, “how can it be possible for a lawmaker to proclaim himself
      president and for international governments to recognize him?” Stating
      and warning that in Venezuela “force is being imposed on the law. That
      is dangerous and we must stop it here from the United Nations.”

      So ”@Partisangirl you should ask why Le Pen didn’t declared herself
      as “acting interim president of France” and not such as stupid question
      as; “Why doesn’t #Trump unilaterally recognise Le Pen as interim
      president of France?”

      Sing like birds on the trees no one stops to listen bird brains 😉

      1. Where’s the Fat Sack of Sh#t(t) when his slightly less obese bosom “resister” friend is in trouble? 🙂

        1. Those eternal Jew hater have a problem with chosing ONE who is responsible that Isreal would exist – Hitler or Balfour agreement.
          https://twitter.com/Arminiusrising/status/1089565268970491904

    1. How about links to Russia Today, Press TV, Soral and David Duke, ret@rd? 🙂

  4. This tweet https://twitter.com/EP_President/status/1090935951755497473 is very unpopular on Putin’s RT.
    The resolution, voted on Thursday, called on the EU leadership to adopt “a strong, unified stance,” and recognize Guaido as the “only legitimate” interim president of the South American nation until new elections are held to “restore democracy.”

    The MEPs also pledged “full support” for Venezuela’s opposition-controlled parliament, the National Assembly, urging the EU states to “accredit” the envoys appointed by the opposition.
    https://twitter.com/anatoliisharii/status/1090968926178234374

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