Dark Posted January 29, 2019 Posted January 29, 2019 The self-proclaimed interim president of Venezuela, the opposition Juan Guaidó, announced on Monday that he assumed control of Venezuela's assets abroad, to prevent President Nicolás Maduro from ending up with resources in an eventual exit from power. "From this moment we began taking control of the progressive and ordered assets of our Republic abroad, to prevent the exit stage (...) the usurper and his band seek 'scrape the pot' (exhaust)" he said in a statement broadcast on social networks. At the same time, Washington announced sanctions against Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA and said its subsidiary in that country, Citgo, will continue operating as long as its profits are deposited in a blocked account in the United States. In his note, Guaidó, president of the opposition majority Parliament, assured that he will begin the process of appointing the boards of PDVSA and Citgo, to "begin the recovery of our industry that today is going through a dark moment." Guaidó said that he will propose to Congress that it take "the necessary measures to guarantee the greatest transparency and control in the use" of these resources. "We made this decision to guarantee that CITGO continues to be of Venezuelans," said the opposition leader, who was sworn in as interim president last Wednesday after the parliament declared Maduro "usurper". The second government of Maduro is considered illegitimate by the United States, the EU, Canada and a dozen Latin American countries, members of the Lima Group, which call his re-election fraudulent. The worsening of the crisis occurs in full economic collapse in Venezuela, with its oil company in default and its lowest level of production in 30 years, shortage of food and medicine and a hyperinflation that the IMF projects in 10,000,000% this year.
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