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Nicholas Maduro, the president of Venezuela (left photo). Juan Guaido, the head of Venezuela's opposition-controlled legislature[1] (right photo)

The U.S. intervention in Venezuela is considered as a significant issue in crisis in Venezuela,[2] and it has been confronted with the criticism of countries such as Russia, China, Iran and likewise a number of political figures from left spectrum.[3] Even though Maduro was elected as the president by the victory in 2018 Venezuelan presidential election,[4][5] the United States declared that they don't consider Nicolas Maduro as the president anymore,[6] and they officially[7][8] recognize Juan Guaido instead.[6] Moreover, the U.S. has been accused for the troubles among "power outage"[9] and "intention of military attack" in Venezuela.[10][11]

Background

The conflict between Maduro and Guaido --concerning the issue of presidency-- has been caused in a remarkable tension in Venezuela; and the United States showed a reaction against Maduro, and expressed that they will use "all possible options" (in supporting Guaido)[2] if Caracas government suppresses its opponents.[8] In response to the speech of Mike Pence the vice president of the U.S. about supporting "Juan Guido leadership" and "Caracas government opponents", Delcy Rodríguez the vice president of Venezuela declared that we condemn such statement which is intervention in the country; BBC mentioned that Delcy Rodríguez addressed Mike Pence and told him that: "Yankee, come back to your home".[8]

According to sputnik, Donald Trump the president of the United States, has named Juan Guido --the leader of Venezuela opponents-- as the temporary president of this country. This decision of the U.S. has been encountered with the sever anger of Nicolas Maduro the legitimate president; and made Maduro to break off the relations with the U.S., and he gave a grace to American embassy employees to leave the land of the country.[12] Madura also said that Washington surely has a history of interfering in Latin America’s governments, and the United States wants to govern Venezuela from Washington by pushing for Guaido to take over.[13] On the other hand, he told BBC reporter that: "say no to the intervention, say to America to desist from Venezuela."[3]

pros/cons

As a result of this tension, there have been formed opponents and supporters for Maduro/Guaido as well as U.S. intervention in Venezuela. Among the countries which are against foreign intervention in Venezuela and also support Maduro government, are: Russia, China,[14][15] Iran,[16] Turkey, India, Cuba, Bolivia,[17] Mexico[14] and so on. On the other side, there are countries which are against the government of Caracas --and follow the policy of the U.S. in this dispute--, such as: Brasil, Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay, Canada, England, France and so forth.[17]

Russia

A meeting beteen Maduro (Venezuela president) and Putin (Russia president)

According to Agence France-Presse, Sergey Lavrov the foreign minister of Russia said to American foreign minister that: we condemn obvious interference of America in Venezuela; he also emphasized that the future of this country should be determined based on its people decision.[18]

Canada

Canada is considered among the supporters of the United State in Venezuela tension.[17] Venezuela accused Canada for supporting Trump's 'war adventure' after Canada made --new-- sanctions for 43 members in the government of Maduro.[19]

The foreign minister of Venezuela declared: prime minister (of Canada), Justin Trudeau "has invalidated Canada as a reliable actor in dialogue".The foreign ministry mentioned that: "It's alliance with war criminals that have declared their intention to destroy the Venezuelan economy to inflict suffering on the people and loot the country's riches demonstrates the hypocritical attitude of the Ottawa government in its pretentious concern for human rights,".[19]

Power Outage

Venezuelans encountered with a vast power outage after the conflict between the U.S. and Venezuela. Jorge Rodriguez, the intelligence minister of Venezuela, declared that cyber attack of American hackers was the cause of power outage in the country. Nikolas Maduro named/blamed pro-American forces as the responsible of this difficulty, he also accused Juan Guido that he --and his supporters-- have had a hand in this problem; but Guido claimed that it is related to the weakness of Maduro's policy.[20]

Military attack

Donald Trump warned Venezuelan soldiers to renounce loyalty to Nicolás Maduro.[21]

There seems to be the whisper of military attack to Venezuela by the U.S.[2][22][23] Fox News analyzer published the photos that American helicopters (among military helicopters) are dispatching toward Venezuela border.[24] Moreover, Russia says that American troops have been prepared to attack Venezuela [25]. On the other hand, Donald Trump himself threatened Venezuela for a military attack, too.[26][27]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Regional powers recognise Maduro opponent as interim president". aljazeera.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "The risk of a catastrophic US intervention in Venezuela is real". theguardian.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b "America and the policy of regime change and Latin America". bbc.com. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Nicholas Maduro". tabnak.ir. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Nicholas Maduro became the president of Venezuela". avapress.com. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Nicholas Maduro". aljazeera.com. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Venezuela crisis". irna.ir. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "Venezuela broke off its relation to the U.S." BBC. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Venezuela accused America to being partner in power outage in Venezuela". mizanonline.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Suspicious military activities of America for intervention in domestic affairs of Venezuela". alalamtv.net. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  11. ^ "What Would a U.S. Intervention in Venezuela Look Like?". foreignaffairs.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  12. ^ "America's interference in Venezuela". ir.sputniknews.com. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Why the Threat of U.S. Intervention in Venezuela Revives Historical Tensions in the Region". time.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  14. ^ a b "US's intervention in Venezuela". irna.ir. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Trump's Venezuela Moves Follow Long History Of Intervention In Latin America". npr.org. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Venezuela enlists 50 countries at UN to show support". .france24.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  17. ^ a b c "Crisis in Venezuela". irna.ir. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  18. ^ "Lavrov: we condemn obvious interference of the U.S. in Venezuela". alalamtv.net. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  19. ^ a b "Venezuela in crisis: All the latest updates". aljazeera.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  20. ^ "Presentation of culpable of power outage in Venezuela". sputniknews.com. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  21. ^ "Ditch Maduro or lose everything, Trump tells Venezuelan army". The Guardian. 18 February 2019.
  22. ^ "America is readying to attack Venezuela". yjc.ir. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  23. ^ "the readiness of America to attack Venezuela". tabnak.ir. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  24. ^ "America is preparing to do military attack in Venezuela". mashreghnews.ir. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  25. ^ "Russia: American troops has been prepared to attack Venezuela". euronews.com. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  26. ^ "Trump threatened Venezuela for a military attack". isna.ir. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  27. ^ "Trump threatened Venezuela by "military option"". dw.com. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
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