On Maduro’s position regarding the pardon proposal, the Wall Street Journal reports that the president has said he is open to talks “as long as Washington shows him respect.”
The United States is reportedly in talks with Nicolás Maduro to get him to resign from the presidency in exchange for an amnesty. The move came about due to the “overwhelming evidence” that the Venezuelan leader “lost the elections” last July to Edmundo González Urrutia, the newspaper said. Wall Street Journal (WSJ) this Sunday, August 11th.
According to the information, Washington has already discussed pardons for the Venezuelan president and his closest staff, who face accusations from the US Department of Justice. The information was shared by three sources from Joe Biden’s administration to WSJ.
One of the people familiar with the discussions said the US has put “everything on the table” to persuade Maduro to leave before his term ends in January.
Another source also indicated that the US government would be willing to provide guarantees of non-prosecution against government figures for their extradition, the newspaper reported.
On Maduro’s position regarding this offer, Wall Street JournalHe said the president has said he is open to talks “as long as Washington shows him respect.”
“So far, talks have been conducted virtually between Jorge Rodríguez, the president of Venezuela’s Congress and a Maduro confidant, and Daniel P. Erikson, who heads Venezuela policy at the White House National Security Council. U.S. officials have signaled they will not force Western oil companies to leave Venezuela,” the post reads.
According to the text, the United States has five months before Venezuela’s presidential inauguration, scheduled for January 2025, to reach an agreement. A victory by Republican candidate Donald Trump could stifle the talks if he revives his “previous aggressive policies towards Maduro,” which began in 2019, when his administration imposed oil sanctions and supported the interim government led by opposition leader Juan Guaidó.
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