US President, Joe Biden has reaffirmed his unalloyed support to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido.
Biden made this known in a letter on Monday even in the midst of efforts to resume negotiations with President Nicolas Maduro’s government.
‘Under your leadership and in coalition with civil society leaders you are preserving those ideals of freedom democracy and sovereignty,’ Biden wrote in a letter addressed to Guaido and sent through the Office of Venezuelan Affairs in neighbouring Colombia.
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Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the letter was sent on the occasion of the anniversary of Venezuela’s independence, on July 5, 1811.
Biden reiterated that Guaido is guiding his country ‘through a peaceful democratic transition of power.’
Guaido is recognized by some 50 countries as Venezuela’s interim leader as head of the National Assembly after Maduro declared victory in the 2018 elections widely decried as fraudulent.
The administration of former US President Donald Trump imposed severe financial sanctions on Venezuela and its national oil company PDVSA in an unsuccessful effort to oust the leftist as Venezuela has plunged deeper into political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.
The United States and the European Union said in June, however, that they would be willing to renegotiate certain sanctions if the Venezuelans made strides toward ‘credible elections.’
Washington and Caracas broke off diplomatic relations in 2019 after the White House’s recognition of Guaido’s mandate.
The US embassy in Caracas is closed, with matters relating to the countries’ relationship now handled at an office in Bogota.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
