Donald Trump affirms that Venezuela is not yet ready to hold elections
Donald Trump intends for the US to continue setting the course of politics in Venezuela and leaves in the air any possibility of holding elections
President Donald Trump is convinced that Venezuela is not yet ready to hold presidential elections and therefore projects the United States advising its current government authorities.
During a meeting held with representatives of the media in the Oval Office of the White House, the Republican president recognized the progress made by those responsible for Venezuelan politics since the arrest of former President Nicolás Maduro, but he still does not see the ideal conditions for the return of democracy to the Bolivarian Republic.
“As for the elections in Venezuela, they are not yet prepared for that, but there has been a lot of progress,” he said.
As of January 3, the day in which, through an intervention, a group of the American militia captured the person identified as the main operator of the Cartel of the Suns, the South American nation was subject to the will of the American government.
In fact, one of the first measures imposed by Trump consisted of assuming the administration of Venezuelan oil exports, a situation that practically put an end to the supply of crude oil granted to Cuba.
That decision was made largely to sever the relationship between the Caribbean island and the Bolivarian Republic and, in the process, establish a barrier with other countries considered hostile to US policy such as Russia and Iran.
Aligning herself with the plans of the New York magnate, Delcy Rodríguez was named interim president of Venezuela with the promise that a democratic transition would soon take place without yet defining an electoral calendar, much less the candidates to govern the country.
“They are not yet ready for the elections, but at some point they will be, and we are going to be on top of that,” Trump reiterated, highlighting what in his opinion has been good work by the woman who previously served as vice president of Nicolás Maduro.
For her part, María Corina Machado, opposition leader and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, has repeatedly raised her voice demanding to be taken into account to take part in the electoral process as a presidential candidate once the rules and dates for holding elections in Venezuela have been defined.