US has no timeline for change of government in Venezuela, says diplomat
Washington has imposed a raft of sanctions against Maduro’s government in an attempt to pressure him out of power
Bogota — The US has no timeline for a change in government in Venezuela, a US top official said, but is certain embattled President Nicolas Maduro will not remain in power. Washington has imposed a raft of sanctions against Maduro’s government in an attempt to pressure him out of power and allow opposition leader Juan Guaido to take control. “There’s no timeline on a return to democracy but it is coming, of that I’m certain,” James Story, the US deputy ambassador for Venezuela, said in an interview. “This was never going to be something that was quite easy.” Maduro blames US sanctions for the country’s economic problems and dismisses Guaido as a US puppet. More than 3-million Venezuelans have fled hyperinflation, food and medicine shortages and political crisis. Guaido invoked the country’s constitution in January to assume an interim presidency, arguing Maduro’s 2018 re-election was illegitimate, and while most western nations have recognised Guaido as head of state, Russia, Chi...
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