Condemning Nicolás Maduro’s Illegitimate Attempt to Seize Power in Venezuela and Announcing New Actions Against Maduro and His Representatives ...

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A year ago, Anthony Blinken, Biden's Secretary of State.

Dems are all over the place on this one now that President Trump has acted.

Press Statement


Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State


January 10, 2025

Today, Nicolás Maduro held an illegitimate presidential inauguration in Venezuela in a desperate attempt to seize power. The Venezuelan people and world know the truth – Maduro clearly lost the 2024 presidential election and has no right to claim the presidency. The United States rejects the National Electoral Council's fraudulent announcement that Maduro won the presidential election and does not recognize Nicolás Maduro as the president of Venezuela. President-elect Edmundo González Urrutia should be sworn in, and the democratic transition should begin. We stand ready to support a return to democracy in Venezuela.


In solidarity with the Venezuelan people, the U.S. Government and our partners around the world are taking action today. The Department of State is increasing the reward offers to up to $25 million each for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions of Nicolás Maduro{/b] and Maduro's Minister of Interior Diosdado Cabello. The Department of State is also adding a new reward offer of up to $15 million for Maduro's Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López. These three reward offers stem from criminal narcotrafficking indictments announced in March 2020. The State Department is also taking steps to impose new visa restrictions on Maduro-aligned individuals for their roles in undermining the electoral process or in acts of repression in Venezuela. To date, the Department of State has taken steps to impose visa restrictions on nearly 2,000 Maduro-aligned individuals.


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A year ago, Anthony Blinken, Biden's Secretary of State.

Dems are allover the place on this one now that rsident Trump has acted.

Press Statement


Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State


January 10, 2025

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Today, Nicolás Maduro held an illegitimate presidential inauguration in Venezuela in a desperate attempt to seize power. The Venezuelan people and world know the truth – Maduro clearly lost the 2024 presidential election and has no right to claim the presidency. The United States rejects the National Electoral Council's fraudulent announcement that Maduro won the presidential election and does not recognize Nicolás Maduro as the president of Venezuela. President-elect Edmundo González Urrutia should be sworn in, and the democratic transition should begin. We stand ready to support a return to democracy in Venezuela.​

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In solidarity with the Venezuelan people, the U.S. Government and our partners around the world are taking action today. The Department of State is increasing the reward offers to up to $25 million each for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions of Nicolás Maduro{/b] and Maduro's Minister of Interior Diosdado Cabello. The Department of State is also adding a new reward offer of up to $15 million for Maduro's Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López. These three reward offers stem from criminal narcotrafficking indictments announced in March 2020. The State Department is also taking steps to impose new visa restrictions on Maduro-aligned individuals for their roles in undermining the electoral process or in acts of repression in Venezuela. To date, the Department of State has taken steps to impose visa restrictions on nearly 2,000 Maduro-aligned individuals.​

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Technical Difficulties

2021-2025.state.gov

Well, to that end, if you members of Alt-Right Nation are going to constantly bring this point up, then Trump's move should have been to have the rightful winner of that 2024 election (Gonzalez/Machado) sworn in two nights ago after they took Maduro. That would at least have lent an air of legitimacy to the action. But now, you essentially have Maduro's #2 in there. So you have the same issue and that's why Trump is a moron. He didn't think ahead, so he issued a warning today. She's plays ball, or she gets the Maduro treatment. And by playing ball, Trump means give the monetary incentives for the oil companies to get back into the country and let them build their infrastructure. Which will take over a decade.

Oil. Beginning, middle, end of story.

 

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Well, to that end, if you members of Alt-Right Nation are going to constantly bring this point up, then Trump's move should have been to have the rightful winner of that 2024 election (Gonzalez/Machado) sworn in two nights ago after they took Maduro. That would at least have lent an air of legitimacy to the action. But now, you essentially have Maduro's #2 in there. So you have the same issue and that's why Trump is a moron. He didn't think ahead, so he issued a warning today. She's plays ball, or she gets the Maduro treatment. And by playing ball, Trump means give the monetary incentives for the oil companies to get back into the country and let them build their infrastructure. Which will take over a decade.

Oil. Beginning, middle, end of story.

Who was going to swear her in?