As Oil Deals Grow, Trump Says Venezuela Must Wait for Elections
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U.S. President Donald Trump declared yesterday that Venezuela is not yet ready to hold elections, although he clarified that the president in charge, Delcy Rodríguez, wants to do so.
Venezuela is not yet ready for new elections, US President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday, according to CNN. He made the statement a day after the Venezuelan parliament approved a deal that gives the US access to a fifth of the South American country's proven oil reserves, which are...
Venezuela will have elections, but it's not ready yet: Trump says it's too soon. He knows the U.S. stance on the elections that Delcy Rodriguez is also looking for.
"Don't think they're ready yet": Trump on elections in Venezuela
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said Venezuela is not ready yet to hold elections, noting that the country needed more time following the end of what he described as a powerful, ruthless dictatorship under then-President Nicolas Maduro. Maduro earlier this year was captured and detained by US forces during a pre-dawn operation in Venezuela along with his wife, Cilia Flores. Speaking to reporters at the Oval Office, Trump, whe…
"There will be an electoral process, don't doubt that. In Venezuela there is a constitution and a democratic system foreseen in it; the second is that I don't set a fixed date," said the president in charge. Donald Trump indicated hours before that, although the official intends to call elections, Venezuela is still "not ready."
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