{"id":51879,"date":"2019-08-19T14:16:13","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T18:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=51879"},"modified":"2019-08-19T14:16:13","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T18:16:13","slug":"commentary-venezuela-do-we-have-a-role-in-the-happenings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/commentary-venezuela-do-we-have-a-role-in-the-happenings\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMENTARY : Venezuela – Do We Have a Role in the Happenings?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I read that the U.S. has recently made secret contact with Venezuela\u2019s socialist party boss as close allies of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019s inner circle seek guarantees they won\u2019t face prosecution for alleged abuses and crimes if they cede to growing demands to remove him, according to a senior Trump administration official.<\/div>\n
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Diosdado Cabello, who is considered the most-powerful man in Venezuela after Maduro, met last month in Caracas with someone who is in close contact with the Trump administration, the official reported told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

A second meeting is in the works but has not yet taken place.<\/p>

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This comes as two different Venezuelan aircraft made landings at V.C Bird International Airport recently.\u00a0 The Antiguan Government have yet to give a reason for the aircrafts visit but concerned individuals wondered aloud if the Antiguan government is helping their friendly ally to hide and store some of their wealth in preparation for Maduro’s departure.<\/p>

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After many months of strikes, electricity outage, massive migration to neighboring countries, no food and demonstrations, Maduro seem to be almost ready to acknowledge that his days in office are numbered and given that the OAS and many other countries have already thrown their support behind Juan Guido, Maduro and his elite army could be just negotiating safe passage\u00a0 to a country where he can live in peace and spend his fortune.<\/p>\n

Would be great of our government can update us as to the reason for the visits of the two military aircrafts recently.<\/p>

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