Venezuela Seeks Arrest of Juan Guaidó, Former Opposition Leader

The Venezuelan authorities stated on Thursday that they had been searching for the arrest of Juan Guaidó, the previous opposition chief who’s in exile in america.

Legal professional Common Tarek William Saab stated Venezuela’s Public Ministry had requested a warrant for Mr. Guaidó’s arrest. He stated Mr. Guaidó had used the sources of the state-owned oil firm, Petróleos de Venezuela, for his personal profit, claiming that his actions had price the Venezuelan authorities $19 billion.

Mr. Guaidó denied the accusations on social media, saying that “that is how the dictatorship’s machine for selling lies works.”

Mr. Guaidó turned the face of the resistance to Venezuela’s authoritarian authorities throughout large-scale protests in 2019, when he took the helm of the legislature, declared President Nicolás Maduro an illegitimate ruler and appointed himself the country’s interim leader, a daring transfer backed by america and dozens of different nations.

However as he didn’t make progress towards dislodging Mr. Maduro, his assist waned at residence and abroad. Final yr, his colleagues within the opposition dissolved his interim government.

The Public Ministry said in a statement on Thursday that prosecutors had been appointed to situation the warrant for Mr. Guaidó’s arrest, and that the federal government would ask Interpol to situation a “pink discover” to governments worldwide asking that he be detained.