Maduro’s objective is to buy time; it is relaxing international pressure. And our job is to make it as short as possible. We already have a date, 2024. He will not abandon power on his own or have an epiphany today and realize that he destroyed the country. Mobilizing the majority of Venezuelans who want change is a powerful exercise in itself. Is that going to be the only thing we need? No. We need international pressure again. Interview by Nora Gomez Torres. Full Text-> MimiHerald

Opposition leader Juan Guaidó heads the list of candidates of the Unitarian Platform who will compete in the open primaries of the opposition, scheduled for 2023, to choose the nominee of the unit that will face Nicolás Maduro in the next presidential elections in Venezuela in 2024. The objective of the opposition led by Guaidó and the platform of 10 parties that supports it is to lead a unitary candidate that he can achieve a change in the Chavista government that has been in power for 23 years, which has plunged the country into poverty, misery and destruction and its complex humanitarian crisis with 6.8 million Venezuelans displaced by the mass exodus. Full Text -> Zyri

Traducción de cortesía -> El líder opositor Juan Guaidó encabeza la lista de candidatos de la Plataforma Unitaria que competirán en las primarias abiertas de la oposición, previstas para 2023, para elegir al candidato de la unidad que enfrentará a Nicolás Maduro en las próximas elecciones presidenciales en Venezuela de 2024. El objetivo de la oposición que encabeza Guaidó y la plataforma de 10 partidos que la sustenta es encabezar una candidatura unitaria que pueda lograr un cambio en el gobierno chavista que lleva 23 años en el poder y que ha sumido al país en la pobreza. miseria y destrucción y su compleja crisis humanitaria con 6,8 millones de venezolanos desplazados por el éxodo masivo

“The fact is that if Biden doesn’t take a dramatic step to get more oil flowing, he will pay a political price,” Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, CEO of the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation, an economic think tank, told Newsweek. “So any diplomatic process that ends with the lifting of oil sanctions on Iran and Venezuela is probably worth it.” By Tom O’Connor. Full Text -> Newsweek

Traducción de cortesía -> “El hecho es que si Biden no da un paso dramático para hacer que fluya más petróleo, pagará un precio político”, dijo a Newsweek Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, director ejecutivo de la Fundación Bourse & Bazaar, un grupo de expertos económicos. “Entonces, cualquier proceso diplomático que termine con el levantamiento de las sanciones petroleras a Irán y Venezuela probablemente valga la pena”.

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Guaidó respondió entonces que «por supuesto nosotros siempre daremos la bienvenida a la ayuda de Estados Unidos» y planteó que los venezolanos que vivían en Colombia «quieren recuperar su país por ellos mismos». Esper planteó entonces si los venezolanos estarían dispuestos a «organizarse, formarse y combatir» porque «el Ejército estadounidense tiene experiencia en formar a fuerzas extranjeras». «Sí, lo estaría», respondió Guaidó, aunque Esper considera que «no sonó muy seguro». Texto Completo -> ElNacional

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 The Venezuelan opposition was reenergized recently by an unexpected gubernatorial victory in the home state of the late President Hugo Chavez. Now it is trying to use that momentum to bring its divided factions together and launch yet another attempt to topple his political heirs. By Regina Gracía Cano. Full Text-> abcNews

Traducción de cortesía-> La oposición venezolana se revitalizó recientemente con una inesperada victoria de gobernador en el estado natal del difunto presidente Hugo Chávez. Ahora está tratando de usar ese impulso para unir a sus facciones divididas y lanzar otro intento de derrocar a sus herederos políticos. Traducción al español -> Google Translación

The US government extended its recognition to Juan Guaidó as interim president of Venezuela, after the National Assembly elected in 2015, considered by them “as the last remaining democratic institution” agreed to extend Guaidó’s mandate as interim president for one more year, according to a press release from the US State Department

Venezuelan opposition parties extended the mandate of Juan Guaido as the person they recognize as the nation’s legitimate leader, but curbed his powers amid criticism of his management of overseas assets and his failure to make headway in his campaign to oust the government. By Andreina Itriago Acosta. Full Text -> Bloomberg

For years, the nation’s fractured opposition has been battling itself, not just authoritarian rule. Imprisoned by the dozens, disenfranchised by rigged elections and pushed into exile by Maduro, leaders also split on strategy and wrestled for prominence. Full Text -> BuenosAiresTimes

The opposition exiled in Spain assured El Nacional that the Maduro regime will not respect the agreements if there is no credible threat that makes him see reason. He added, contrary to the opinions of analysts and experts, that the opposition does have the strength to confront the regime, but a correct, honest and coherent leadership is lacking. Full Text-> Explica

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is willing to sit down to dialog with opposition leader Juan Guaido with the involvement of the Norwegian government and other mediators, he said on Wednesday night in a live broadcast on state television. Earlier Wednesday, opposition spokesmen said that Norway had been facilitating contact between the two sides as a precursor to mediating potential talks to resolve the country’s ongoing humanitarian and economic crisis. By Vivian Sequera and Sarah Kinosian. Full Text -> GlobalNews