Guaido told Reuters he had sent communications to both powers, which are Venezuela’s top foreign creditors and support Maduro in the UN Security Council despite worries about the cash-strapped country’s ability to pay. The United States on Monday imposed sweeping sanctions on Venezuela’s state-owned oil firm, aimed at pressuring Maduro to step down. A UN expert on Thursday warned that the US oil sanctions could worsen the humanitarian crisis. Maduro frequently accuses the opposition, Colombia and the United States of backing coups or assassination attempts. In the tussle over oil, Guaido worked this week with Washington to wrest control of PDVSA’s US subsidiary Citgo from its board.

Source: bd News24 February 01, 2019 07:41 UTC