The leader of the opposition of Venezuela Juan Guaidó affirmed this Friday that Venezuelans will receive Christmas in " difficult times ", since preparing the typical dishes of the time and shopping for gifts or new clothes is something " uphill " and " It entails a lot of sacrifices .”

“ Today we have a more unequal country with privileges for a small elite that is getting smaller and debased. Making hallacas, preparing dinner, buying premieres (clothes), sounds uphill, involves many sacrifices or the idea is almost nostalgic, "he said in a video shared on his Twitter account.

Guaidó argued that the government of Nicolás Maduro has wanted to " sell the misleading idea that things are fine, but Venezuelan families know what is happening ." "There are more than six million (Venezuelans) who are outside our land today, there are millions of families who must spend these dates from a distance, with a voice message, a call, to try to feel close to those we love" , he added.

He indicated that from the anti-Chavista bloc they have assumed the role of " surviving, getting ahead until they achieve what Venezuela wants and needs, a democratic and constitutional change ."

"Only in a democracy can we live well, with progress, for the reunion of our people, again Christmas together," he added.

The joint special representative of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for refugees and migrants from Venezuela, Eduardo Stein, assured on December 19 that “ there will be 8.9 million of refugees and migrants from Venezuela in 17 countries by December 2022″.

Opponent proposes that Guaidó's "interim presidency" have fewer controls

The Venezuelan opponent Enrique Sánchez Falcón proposed this Friday that the anti-Chavista bloc reform its "Transition Statute" so that Juan Guaidó exercises the "interim presidency" with fewer controls on the former deputies of the National Assembly (AN, Parliament).

“ The excessive authorizing controls that the Transition Statute granted to the AN to exercise against the president in charge, have limited his actions, ” said Falcón, who was appointed by Guaidó as special comptroller, in a statement published on his Twitter account. Twitter.

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He added that this situation has contributed " to a great extent to the fact that it has not yet been possible to end the usurpation, since not only have they prevented him from properly exercising his executive powers, but they have also significantly diminished his leadership, even limiting it in its possibilities of managing new alliances for the political support of the interim government”.

Falcón suggested that the functions of the “interim government” and the “interim presidency” be extended, but with the “proper separation of powers” ​​between the “government in charge” and the former deputies.

On January 23, 2019, Guaidó proclaimed himself "interim president" in a Caracas square before thousands of supporters, based on a particular interpretation of the Constitution, and obtaining the support of countries such as Canada, Colombia, the United States and some European nations. .

The objective of said “presidency” was to achieve “free” presidential elections, considering that the elections where Nicolás Maduro was re-elected in 2018 were “illegitimate.” However, to date, this mission has not been fulfilled.

With the support of the United States and Colombia, Guaidó has gone on to manage state-owned companies located in those nations, such as Monómeros Colombo Venezolanos SA and Citgo.

Falcón indicated that in almost three years of "exercise of the commissioned president", he has not been able to "establish agreed mechanisms to ensure the protection and recovery of assets abroad."

(With information from EFE)

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