El gobierno de Joe Biden se solidarizó con el presidente encargado de Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, quien fue agredido físicamente por chavistas y exigió que los responsables sean llevados ante la justicia. “Estamos profundamente preocupados por el ataque no provocado al presidente Juan Guaidó y sus colegas”, afirmó el subsecretario de Estado para Asuntos del Hemisferio Occidental, Brian Nichols, quien dijo que la acción puso en riesgo vidas. Texto Completo-> ElDiario

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Today, the U.S. Department of State announces a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Venezuelan national Samark Jose Lopez Bello for participating in transnational organized crime. Full Text. -> U.S.StateDepartment

Sen. Rubio’s press shop spotlighted an extended inquiry with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in which the Senator secured verbal assurances that the State Department was committed to movement in the situation in Caracas. ByA.G. Gancarski. Full Text-> FloridaPolitics

“Without following this process, elections that represent the will of the people are impossible,” Pompeo said. “This step by the regime and its Supreme Court takes Venezuela even further away from a democratic transition.” Full Text-> DailyTimes

 The U.S. government on Monday accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of “illegally” installing a new national electoral council to oversee parliamentary elections due to take place later this year. By Angus Berwick. Full Text-> Reuters

The US State Department announced on Wednesday that it included Cuba and Venezuela in its list of countries that “do not fully cooperate” with the United States in the fight against terrorism. This is the first time that Cuba appears on that list since 2015, when the Obama Administration removed the island from that list. The measure “prohibits the sale or export license of defense goods and services. It also notifies the public and the international community that these countries are not fully cooperating with counter-terrorism efforts,” the note said. Full Text -> Explica

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White emphasized that he was uncomfortable with the plan because its leaders did not appear to have concrete US government backing. He said that although Goudreau claimed to have a State Department contract, he hadn’t seen one, which led him to question the legality of the operation. White hoped his army buddy and former best man at his wedding did not go through with the mission. He wished they had stuck with their original business plan, which was to provide school security. By Anya Parampil. Full Text -> The Gray Zone

The Lima Group regional bloc said on Thursday it “appreciated” a new U.S. plan to begin lifting sanctions on Venezuela if the opposition and members of President Nicolas Maduro’s party form an interim government without him. By Marco Aquino. Full text-> National Post

Greetings to everyone from the U.S. Department of State’s Media Hub of the Americas in Miami, Florida.  I would like to welcome our participants who have dialed in from the United States and across the region, and thank you for your patience.  We wanted to give a few extra minutes for journalists to join this call today.   Full text -> US Department of State

( March 31) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a statement, described the plan as a way of a “peaceful, democratic transition.” It is seen as a way of ending the crisis in Venezuela that deepened with elections last year, after which dictator Nicolas Maduro sought to cling to power. By Adam Shaw Full text-> Fox News