VENEZUELA: Trump tells Maduro to accept Guaido’s amnesty or ‘lose everything’

The President of the United States of America Donald Trump has told Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to accept Juan Guaido’s amnesty offer, or stand to “lose everything”.

Trump who gave the order while addressing supporters and Venezuelan expatriates in Miami, said he had a message for officials helping keep Maduro in place.

“The eyes of the entire world are upon you today, every day and every day in the future.

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“You cannot hide from the choice that now confronts you. You can choose to accept president Guaido’s generous offer of amnesty to live your life in peace with your families and your countrymen.

“Or you can choose the second path: continuing to support Maduro. If you choose this path, you will find no safe harbour, no easy exit and no way out. You will lose everything.”

According to reports, the political crisis in Venezuela has deepened over Maduro’s refusal to relinquish power and to let in desperately needed humanitarian aid into his country stuck at the border with Colombia.

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