Lima Group recommends restrictions in talks with Maduro regime

Venezuela will join the group under Guaidó

Published on 05/02/2019 - 14:36 By Agência Brasil - Brasília

Representatives from the Lima Group gathered Monday (Jan. 4) in Ottawa, Canada, and released a declaration proposing restrictions to the business and trade with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

In its last paragraph, the text makes an appeal. “[The countries] call on members of the international community to take measures to prevent the Maduro regime from conducting financial and trade transactions abroad, from having access to Venezuela’s international assets, and from doing business in oil, gold, and other assets.”

Juan Guaidó
Under Guaidó, Venezuela will join the group formed by Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, and Peru - Agência Brasil

New member

Under Guaidó, Venezuela will join the group formed by Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, and Peru. Brazil’s Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo used his Twitter account to celebrate the move.

“The Lima Group is releasing a declaration backing the democratic transition process in Venezuela and opposing ‘talks’ that merely delay the matter even further. Venezuela, under the legitimate interim government of Guaidó, is now a member of the Lima Group. A powerful shift towards the restoration of democracy.”

Translation: Fabrício Ferreira -  Edition: Fábio Massalli / Nira Foster

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