call details and failed agreement

This Monday more details of the recent call between the presidents of United States, Donald Trump, and Venezuela, Nicolás Maduroas well as a failed agreement for the second to leave power.

According to the Reuters news agency and the Miami Herald newspaper, the talk held on November 21, lasting less than 15 minutes, was the last attempt to avoid a confrontation direct.

According to what transpired, Trump offered Maduro a safe passage to leave Venezuela with his family in exchange for an immediate resignation, an option that expired last Friday the 28th, without a response from the Venezuelan leader.

The US closes Venezuelan airspace

This version coincides with the fact that Trump declared last Saturday (the day after the deadline expired) the total closure of Venezuelan airspace.

However, according to a source in Washington, the administration Maduro requested a second call with the Republican president, given the possibility – not yet ruled out – of a negotiated solution.

Meanwhile, in Caracas the pressure growssince the routes for an agreed transition seem to be running out.

What did Maduro ask Trump to leave power?

According to the information revealed, Maduro conditioned his departure from the country to a complete legal amnesty for him, his wife Cilia Flores and their sonin addition to the end of his case before the International Criminal Court.

Likewise, he requested the lifting of sanctions for more than 100 officials of his government.

He also proposed maintaining control of the Armed Forces, similar to what happened in Nicaragua in 1991.

Nevertheless, The United States government rejected all these points as unacceptable.

Proposal for an interim government in Venezuela

Maduro not only refused to resign immediately, but also proposed that the vice president Delcy Rodríguez will head an interim government before calling new elections.

Their objective is to prevent power from being handed over to the “elected president” Edmundo González, of the opposition.

Disagreements over the political timing and conditions of the eventual agreement led to a definitive stagnation of the conversationconfirmed by Trump himself, who described it as “just a call.”

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