Mauricio Claver-Carone Gives Nicolás Maduro Short-Term Ultimatum To Leave Power In Venezuela

The Rezo Nòdwès report says the United States, through Mauricio Claver-Carone, head of Latin America at the White House, informed Nicolás Maduro he had a "short term" to leave power in Venezuela, with measures tightening if he did not comply.

“Meanwhile in Port-au-Prince, President Jovenel Moïse, accused of corruption and whose two close associates are barred from leaving the country over their alleged involvement in the odious La Saline massacre, announced on Wednesday afternoon the formation of a new government with an unknown prime minister but very well known for his pronounced taste for wearing pink bracelets, a kind of loyalty to the PHTK movement, a party involved alongside Lespwa in the squandering of the $4”

- Rezo Nòdwès

Rezo Nòdwès quotes a senior White House official in charge of Latin American affairs saying, "This is the moment for the United States and the Lima Group countries to offer a way out (to Maduro) within a defined timeframe."

- Rezo Nòdwès

The same source adds that Claver-Carone said Maduro would face "international justice" and "the imposition of new, more restrictive measures by the United States for non-compliance with the requirements."

Rezo Nòdwès also says President Nicolás Maduro launched the joint action exercise "Simón Bolívar 2019 Liberation Campaign" and claimed more than a million men and women had deployed to defend the country with "maximum discipline, cohesion, morality, and military power."

The Grayzone says US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez was on her way to New Delhi to discuss energy issues, and that he would be in India as well.

The Grayzone quotes a source saying, "Mauricio [Claver-Carone] is picking who can operate and Delcy [Rodriguez] is taking instructions," describing Claver-Carone as a "gatekeeper" controlling access to the government.

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The Grayzone also includes a remark from another source to The Grayzone that "Mauricio’s calling the shots on private sector economic positions, and if anyone wants in, they have to go to him."

In the same account, The Grayzone says Claver-Carone no longer serves in the administration but has leveraged his legacy to establish a Miami-based investment firm called the Lara Fund, which it says could become a key player in Caracas.

The Grayzone says the most sensitive task Venezuela faces is the restructuring of its $170 billion in defaulted sovereign debt, describing an operative with no official governmental position as shaping the economic contours of "Project Venezuela."

“A mastermind of Trump’s hardline Latin American policies, Mauricio Claver-Carone no longer serves in the administration”

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It adds that this May, the US Treasury Department authorized Caracas to hire a financial advisor to assist with the restructuring of its debt, and that the Venezuelan government selected Centerview Partners, a firm based in New York City.

The Grayzone further claims that Claver-Carone’s romantic partner and business colleague, Jessica Bedoya, boarded a private jet to Caracas soon after the big announcement and arrived with a top advisor from Centerview.

The Grayzone concludes by saying some insiders worry that her reported presence in the Venezuelan capital, together with Claver-Carone’s outsized influence, could represent a conflict of interest, and it quotes the concern: "He’s got a lock on everything".