Reuters: Venezuela's Guaido seeks U.S. Pentagon cooperation to solve political crisis
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Saturday he has asked his envoy to the United States to meet with Pentagon officials to “cooperate” on a solution to the South American country’s political crisis.
Guaido, the leader of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, added he had received word from China that the country would join a diplomatic effort between European and Latin American countries, known as the International Contact Group on Venezuela, to negotiate an end to the crisis.
In January, Guaido invoked the OPEC nation’s constitution to assume an interim presidency, arguing President Nicolas Maduro’s 2018 re-election was illegitimate. He has been recognized by most Western and Latin American countries, but Maduro has retained the support of allies China, Russia and Cuba.
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WNU Editor: For the U.S. this would be a mistake. But for many in Venezuela these are desperate times, and desperate times mean desperate measures, including pleading for help to the U.S. and to Venezuela's neighbours who support the opposition.
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