“Maduro has dangerous military, intelligence and economic ties with regimes like Iran, Russia, Cuba and China. These ties also extend to international narco-terrorist groups such as the ELN and the FARC dissidents, (and) also with Hezbollah ” said the interim president of Venezuela Juan Guaidó during his speech at the Sedona Forum, organized by the McCain Institute.

He also adds that because The Maduro dictatorship allowed “all that transnational organized crime corporation” it “represents a serious threat to the stability and peace of the region…”

Guaido also referred to the ecocide that takes place in the Orinoco Mining Arc and the situation of armed conflict that is developing in southern Venezuela, on the border with Colombia, which has brought human rights violations and several hundred refugees. By OnVenezuela

Guiadó at “Defenders of Democracy: Global Voices from the Frontlines” -> video

Venezuelan opposition MP Américo De Grazia issued a statement on social media saying that the Nicolás Maduro regime has allowed terrorist group National Liberation Army (ELN in Spanish) to control mining activities and drug trafficking in the Orinoco Mining Arc. By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud. Full Text -> Mining.Com

The Maduro regime encourages international terrorist groups to run free in Venezuela, according to a report by the U.S. Department of State. The 2019 Country Reports on Terrorism, released June 24, documents Colombian and religious terrorist organizations inside of Venezuela that are not only permitted to operate in the country but encouraged to stay by illegitimate leader Nicolás Maduro. By Noelani Kirschner. Full Text-> U.S. Embassy in Georgia

Venezuela’s attorney general on Monday asked the Supreme Court to declare opposition leader Juan Guaido’s party a “terrorist organization,” blaming it for a failed sea invasion. Full Text -> Yahoo!News