Trump touts South American wins, holds off on Venezuela elections
- US President Donald Trump said Venezuela is not ready for elections yet, citing the need to rebuild degraded institutions before holding free and fair votes.
- The US government and Venezuelan company North American Blue Energy Partners secured hundred-year rights over seventeen oil fields containing about 65 billion barrels.
- The US administration follows a three-stage roadmap: first oil sector reconstruction, second economic stabilization, and third elections, with no set date announced for elections.
- An agreement restarted the process for appointing Supreme Court justices, but did not address the National Electoral Council or political prisoners.
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Delcy Rodríguez states that there will be elections in Venezuela when conditions exist, while the United States maintains that the country is not yet ready.
Dont think theyre ready yet: Trump on elections in Venezuela - The Tribune
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said Venezuela is “not ready yet” to hold elections, noting that the country needed more time following the end of what he described as a “powerful, ruthless dictatorship” under then-President Nicolas Maduro, who was captured and detained by US forces during a pre-dawn operation in Venezuela along with his wife, Cilia Flores earlier this year.
Zeit Online
INTELLINEWSIn January, the U.S. military abducted Venezuela's president and declared his dictatorship to be over, but after an oil agreement, Trump sees no rush for new elections.
President Delcy Rodríguez said Wednesday that "there will be" elections when "Venezuela is ready," at a time when its interim government and an opposition sector are participating in negotiations sponsored by Washington, with a view to a democratic transition.
Speaking about the setting of an election date in Venezuela, Trump said, "I don't think they're ready yet. We got rid of them from a dictatorship and we get along very well with the government." Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were abducted in an operation conducted by the US in January and are being held in the US.
Observador
Noticias ao MinutoNine months after the capture of Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump considers that Venezuela does not yet meet the conditions for elections. Washington promises to accelerate the transition, but without setting a definitive date.
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