High officials of the Government of United States they arrived to Venezuela this weekend for attract the Venezuelan authorities on your side within the framework of the conflict over the invasion of Ukraine led by Moscow, a traditional ally of Caracas, according to sources close to the trip to the newspaper ‘The New York Times’.
These sources have not specified who makes up this delegation or with whom it will meet, nor have they disclosed how long they will remain in the country, and have only limited themselves to pointing out that it is one of the highest-level visits in years to the Latin American country.
United States officially severed diplomatic relations with Venezuela in 2019 after accusing the country’s president, Nicholas Madurofrom electoral fraud. The Trump administration then tried to topple the Maduro government by sanctioning Venezuela’s oil exports and the country’s top officials, and by recognizing opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the legitimate president of Venezuela.
Maduro responded to the sanctions by seeking economic and diplomatic help from Russia, as well as Iran and China. Russian energy companies and banks have been instrumental in allowing Venezuela to continue exporting oil, the country’s biggest source of foreign exchange, despite sanctions.
Source: Lasexta
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