Panorama of Caracas, Venezuela. File photo MOSCOW, Oct 22 Venezuelan opposition representatives intend to refrain from supporting the «interim government» of opposition leader Juan Guaidó or «any other interim leader» in 2023, Reuters reported, citing sources.According to the interlocutors agencies, five oppositionists said this on Tuesday during a meeting with the US State Department. In addition, they claim that Washington's position is not clear at the moment.The influence of the opposition leader Guaido in Venezuela has decreased, the Russian ambassador said. At the same time, according to Reuters, the Venezuelan opposition wants to focus on finding a candidate who will take part in the next elections, which may be held at the end of 2023 or in 2024, where he will compete with Maduro. Earlier, the newspaper The Wall Street Journal reported that the US administration is discussing with the leadership of Venezuela the easing of sanctions in exchange for allowing US companies to resume pumping oil. According to the publication, in particular, we are talking about Chevron. Thus, it will be possible to supply oil from Venezuela to the markets of the United States and Europe, the report says. Mass protests began in Venezuela in early 2019 against President Nicolas Maduro shortly after he was sworn in. Juan Guaido, head of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, illegally proclaimed himself interim head of state. A number of Western countries, led by the United States, announced the recognition of Guaido. In turn, Maduro called the head of parliament a puppet of the United States. Russia, China, Turkey and a number of other countries supported Maduro as a legitimate president. As a result of US sanctions, from 2014 to 2020, Venezuela lost 98.6% of all external foreign exchange earnings, payments from the state oil and gas PDVSA to the country's central bank over the past seven years have decreased from $56.609 billion to $73.4 million a year, or more than 99%.
Guaido's colleague called for the dissolution of the «interim government» of Venezuela
