Two collaborators of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido resigned on Monday after being accused by President Nicolas Maduro of organizing an attempted "invasion" of Venezuela a week ago, the team said. the opponent.
"The political adviser Juan José Rendon and the deputy Sergio Vergara presented their respective resignation letters" to the interim "government" of Juan Guaido, said his communication service in a press release.
Juan Guaido, who is recognized as the interim president of Venezuela by nearly sixty countries, "accepted" the withdrawal of Rendon and Vergara. They both live in the United States.
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The Venezuelan prosecution announced Friday that Caracas would issue an international arrest warrant against the two men and an American, Jordan Goudreau, founder of the private security company Silvercorp USA.
In an interview with CNN, Juan José Rendon admitted having signed a contract for "exploratory" ends for a possible operation in Venezuela with Jordan Goudreau, a former American "green beret". But, according to Rendon, Juan Guaido did not sign this contract.
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The opponent, who has been unsuccessfully trying to oust Nicolas Maduro for more than a year, described the document as "false" and judges that the Chavista government is looking for "pretexts" to arrest him.
The socialist leader accuses Juan Guaido of having fomented the attempt of "invasion of Venezuela by sea" which should end, according to him, by a "coup" , with the complicity of the United States and Colombia . President Donald Trump has denied any involvement.