Juan Guaido Says Venezuela Should End Subsidized Oil Exports To Cuba

H.E. Juan Gerardo Guaido Marquez, is President of the National Assembly of Venezuela and was recognized, beginning in January 2019, by the United States and then more than fifty other countries as the Interim President of Venezuela. 

11 March 2019

Reuters 

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During the legislative session, Guaido called for a halt in shipments of oil to Maduro’s political ally Cuba, which has received discounted crude from Venezuela for nearly two decades. The deals have drawn scrutiny from the opposition and its allies abroad as Venezuela’s economic crisis worsened. 

"We have decreed no more oil shipments to Cuba, they are not going to continue chuleando the money of the people of Venezuela (...), not only we decree, but we request international cooperation to make this measure effective," said Guaidó  

“We ask for the international community’s cooperation to make this measure effective, so that the oil the Venezuelan people urgently need to attend to this national emergency is not given away,” Guaido said. 

U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton backed the measure, writing on Twitter that, “insurance companies and flag carriers that facilitate these give-away shipments to Cuba are now on notice.” He did not specify any measures the U.S. government may take. 

Earlier on Monday, the U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on a Russian bank over its dealings with Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized Russia’s Rosneft for buying PDVSA oil. 

LINK To Video Of Statement By Mr. Guaido: https://twitter.com/i/status/1105170876922703873