"TRISH REGAN PRIMETIME" BEGINS
RIGHT NOW.
TONIGHT MY INTERVIEW WITH THE
FREEDOM FIGHTER LEADING HIS
COUNTRY TO DEMOCRACY.
AMID MASSIVE PROTESTS IN THE
STREETS OF VENEZUELA.
ASSEMBLY LEADER JUAN GUAIDO
SWEARS HIMSELF IN AS PRESIDENT
OF CONVENIENCE AMIDST MATSIVE
CHEERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
TONIGHT IN HIS FIRST TELEVISION
INTERVIEW, JUAN GUAIDO, THE MAN
THE UNITED STATES AND THE REST
OF THE FREE WORLD RECOGNIZES AS
PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA.
>> THANK YOU, TRISH, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU TO YOUR AUDIENCE AND
GREETINGS.
TRISH: WAYS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
IN VENEZUELA?
>> IN VENEZUELA WE HAVE A
MOVEMENT FOR FREEDOM FOR
DEMOCRACY WE HAVE WORKED AND A
CRY NICED TO BUILD THROUGH MAMA
JOART PROTESTS AND ELECTIONS AND
ALLY OURSELVES WITH THE WORLD
THAT RECOGNIZE THE FIGHT FOR
DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA.
TOMORROW WE'LL HAVE A BIG
PROTEST SAT DATE AND NATIONAL
PARLIAMENT.
WE HAVE PASSED THE PROTECTION OF
ASSETS IN THE CASE OF PDVSA.
THAT WILL NOT ALONG PILLAGING
FROM VENEZUELA.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT $700
BILLION IN PILLAGING FOR THE
TAXPAYERS.
THAT'S FOUR TIMES GDP OF
VENEZUELA IN A COUNTRY WHERE
ANNUAL INFLATION IS.
WE ARE TALK ABOUT THE DEBT
THAT'S 63% OF THE GDP OVER FIVE
YEARS.
IT'S A MOVEMENT STRONG FOR
FREEDOM IN VENEZUELA.
IT'S MOBILIZED.
WE ARE AWAY IT CAN CHANGE VERY
SOON.
TRISH: I SPOKE TO PRESIDENT
TRUMP THIS AFTERNOON.
HE SAYS HE WANTS TO HELP THE
PEOPLE OF VENEZUELA.
ALL OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE.
WHAT DO YOU NEED?
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT NOW,
THE PEOPLE OF VENEZUELA, THE
VENEZUELAN PEOPLE NEED MEDICINE
AND FOOD.
THE HUMANITARIAN AID PASSED AND
APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES,
THE EUROPEAN UNION ON @R OTHER
COUNTRIES IN THE REGION.
THAT'S THE FIRST PRIORITY,
HUMANITARIAN AID.
MOST OF VENEZUELANS LIVE ON $3 A
MONTH.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SURVIVE.
WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE
UNITED STATES AND PRESIDENT
TRUMP TO CEDE THE TRANSITION OF
POWER FAN FREE ELECTIONS IN
VENEZUELA, A COUNTRY THAT NEEDS
PROSPERITY AND ONCE AGAIN WE
NEED PRIVATE PROPERTY AND OTHER
BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRY TO
GENERATE AND CREATE JOBS AND
TRANSFORM THE SOCIETY.
THE PRESSURE EXERCISED
SUPPORTING OUR DEMOCRATIC
PROCESS, THE UNITED STATES,
CANADA HAS BEEN FUNDAMENTAL
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
TRISH: I KNOW MADURO SAYS YOU
ARE A CRIMINAL.
I KNOW YOUR LIFE THIS DANGER.
HOW ARE YOU PREPARING?
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> WELL, THE FOCUS ON OUR
PEOPLE, WE PUT OUR LIFE AT RISK
AND THE SERVICE OF VENEZUELANS
FOR A LONG TIME.
WE ARE WHAT GENERATION NOT
BECAUSE OF AGE, BUT BECAUSE OF
THE MOMENTUM OF THE TIME WE HAVE
TO LIVE UNDER A DICTATORSHIP.
WE SAW HOW DEMOCRACY WAS LOST.
WE TOOK IT FOR GRANTED.
WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF
RECOVERING IT.
WE FEAR THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE
USED TO A SUBSIDY, THEY WILL NOT
BE ABLE TO WALK ON THE STREETS.
THAT THEY WILL NOT HAVE WATER
SUPPLY.
TO SEE THAT 40 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
MURDERED, KILLED IN THE
PROTESTS.
SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN TORTURED
AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO SPEAK TO
THEIR PARENTS.
SOME OF THEM WERE 12-YEAR-OLD
CHILDREN KIDNAPPED.
WE SHOULD NOT FEAR FACING A
DICTATORSHIP, NOW WE HAVE
APPOINTED AMBASSADORS TO
COUNTRIES THAT RECOGNIZED US.
ALSO WE ARE WORK ON THE PDVSA
BECAUSE THROUGHOUT THAT COMPANY
THE MONEY OF VENEZUELA HAS BEEN
STOLEN, PILLAGED FOR MANY YEARS.
TRISH: YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FEAR
FOR YOUR OWN LIFE?
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> YES, THEY HAVE THREATENED MY
FAMILY AND UNFORTUNATELY I'M NOT
THE ONLY ONE.
THERE ARE OVER 300 POLITICAL
PRISONERS.
A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT WAS
MURDERED DESPITE THREATS TOWARDS
OUR INTEGRITY AND FAMILIES WE
REMAIN COHESIVE AND MOBILIZED
AND UNITED BECAUSE THIS IS OUR
GOAL TO REBUILD VENEZUELA.
TRISH: DO YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT
OF THE MILITARY?
MADURO SAYS YOU DON'T.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> AT THE MOMENT THERE ARE OVER
160 OFFICIALS ARRESTED.
26 SERGEANTS.
MILITARY UNIT, BECAUSE THEY
SHOWED DISCONTENTMENT FOR SAYING
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN VENEZUELA.
80% OF THE MILITARY FAMILIES
SUFFERS FROM LACK OF ENOUGH FUND
OF MONEY TO HAVE -- TO BUY FOOD.
15% OF THE POPULATION HAS BEEN
FORCED TO FEED A COUNTRY.
NOT ONLY DISCONTENTMENT.
BUT THE WILLINGNESS TO CHANGE
THE SITUATION IN VENEZUELA.
I THINK SOON THEY WILL BE ON THE
SIDE OF THE CONSTITUTION.
TRISH: YOU SAY THERE ARE
PROTESTS THIS WEEK, TOMORROW AND
ALSO SATURDAY.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> YES, TOMORROW THERE WILL
BE -- TODAY THE PROTEST
DEMONSTRATIONS WITH MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE IN VENEZUELA.
200 CITIES AROUND THE WORLD.
THEREFORE THERE ARE VENEZUELAN
NATIONALS THERE THEY ARE
REPRESENTING OUR DEMOCRACY.
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE FACING A
DICTATORSHIP THAT IS NAKED FROM
OUR PART OF THE WORLD.
THIS ADMINISTRATION CANNOT SOLVE
THE PROBLEMS OF VENEZUELA.
WE ARE ALWAYS WITHIN THE
FRAMEWORK OF THE VENEZUELAN
CONSTITUTION.
TRISH: TOMORROW ONE OF THE
DAUGHTERS OF MADURO'S HOSTAGES
WILL BE HERE ON THIS PROGRAM.
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP THEM?
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> WELL, WE ARE GOING TO ACHIEVE
IT VERY SOON, THE NATIONAL
SOVEREIGNTY, WE ARE GUARANTEEING
PRISONERS AND SERVICEMEN WILL BE
ON THE SIDE OF DEMOCRACY.
IN SITUATION OF TRANSITION LIKE
VENEZUELA AND THESE CENTERS ARE
NECESSARY TO GAIN THE NECESSARY
SUPPORT FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS
BECAUSE THEIR SUFFERING WITH
BEING IN JAIL AND NOT BEING ABLE
TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES FREELY.
THEY ARE SUFFERING.
WE ARE WORKING TOWARD THEIR
LIBERTY AND THEIR FREEDOM.
TRISH: TURNING TO THE HISTORY OF
YOUR COUNTRY.
WHAT HAPPENED UNDER THE MADURO
AND CHAVEZ REIGN?
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> AN EXAMPLE, SOCIALLY AND
ECONOMICALLY SPEAK, PDVSA WAS
THE THIRD LARGEST OIL COMPANY IN
THE WORLD, $300 BILLION IN ITS
PRODUCTION.
ONLY TWO COUNTRIES INVESTED
MORE.
SAUDI ARABIA AND AMERICA.
TODAY VENEZUELA PRODUCES $1
MILLION.
THE PRODUCTION WAS DECREASED
BY 2/3 FOR INVESTMENT IN THE
WORLD.
MONEY WAS STOLEN, PILLAGED,
THAT'S WHY VENEZUELA HAS NO
SOCIAL SERVICES, NO GAS SUPPLY.
THEY DESTROYED AND RUINED ONE OF
THE MOST OF PROSPEROUS COMPANIES
IN THE WORLD FOR OIL PRODUCTION.
THAT'S WHY THE PRODUCTION OF
ASSETS SUPPORTED BY THE UNITED
STATES IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THE PILLAGING CANNOT CONTINUE.
WE NEED TO PROTECT THE TRY TO
MAKE IT PROSPEROUS AGAIN.
IN A POLITICAL FEAR, THEY HAVE
DENIED THE OPPOSITION'S
LEGITIMACY WHERE BEHIND -- THEY
WERE TORTURING.
NOW WE SEE CHILDREN 12 YEARS OLD
THAT ARE BEHIND BARS.
THIS IS A COMPANY THAT DOES NOT
RESPECT PRIVATE PROPERTY.
THEY EXPROPRIATED, STOLE
PROPERTY.
MORE THAN 5,000 ACRES OF LAND.
SO WE NEED TO GUARANTEE.
80% OF FOOD IS BEING IMPORTED
BECAUSE THEY DESTROYED THE
FARMING TRIIN VENEZUELA.
TRISH: I KNOW.
HOW LONG WILL THIS TRANSITION
TAKE?
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> WE HOPE IT WILL BE AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
THE PRESSURE AND THE SUPPORT OF
THE UNITED STATES IS IMPORTANT.
AND ALL THE OTHER COUNTRIES IN
THE WORLD THAT SUPPORT US.
WE ASSURE THAT WE ARE STARTING
THE LAST CHAPTER OF CHANGE, THE
LAST CHAPTER OF A NIGHTMARE FOR
MANY CITIZENS FORCED TO MIGRATE
AND LEAVE OUR COUNTRY, AND THEY
WILL LOSE THEIR LIVES BECAUSE
THERE WAS NO POWER IN THE
HOSPITAL BECAUSE THE POWER PLANT
DID NOT WORK.
70 PEOPLE PASSED AWAY BECAUSE
THERE WAS NO POWER IN THE
HOSPITAL.
WE ARE WAKE UP FROM THAT
NIGHTMARE AND WAKE UP TO A DREAM
OF A PROSPEROUS VENEZUELA AND
FUTURE THAT WILL BE PROSPEROUS
AND BRING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL
IN THE REGION.
WE HOPE IT WILL BE POSSIBLE.
WE ARE VERY CLOSE.
WE ARE TAKING A VERY IMPORTANT
STEP, EXERCISING GOVERNMENT
FUNCTION, APPOINTING OFFICIAL
AND DELEGATES AND HOPEFULLY
WE'LL HAVE PRE-ELECTIONS AND
BRING VENEZUELA TO PROSPERITY
AGAIN.
TRISH: IF MADURO LEASE AND YOU
ACHIEVE SUCCESS, WILL THERE BE
AN ELECTION?
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> YES, THERE WILL BE ELECTIONS.
THAT IS CRUCIAL IN THE
SHORT-TERM.
THE CONSTITUTION MANDATES THAT
THE PRESIDENT OF A NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY WILL TAKE ON THE
EXECUTIVE POWERS TO CALL
ELECTIONS IN THE SHORTEST AMOUNT
OF TIME POSSIBLE, AND THOSE
ELECTIONS WILL BE FOR THE
COUNTRY.
WE ARE JUST ATTEND AN EMERGENCY
RIGHT NOW.
WE WANT TO ATTRACT FOREIGN
INVESTMENT.
WE WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
OIL INDUSTRY TO HAVE ENOUGH
ENERGY FOR THE COUNTRY IN THE
REGION, AND WE WANT TO CHANGE --
CARRY OUT A DEFINITE CHANGE IN
THE COUNTRY IN THE REGION.
TRISH: HOW IS YOUR FAMILY, YOUR
WIFE, YOUR DAUGHTER?
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> WE ARE COMMITTED AND FOCUSED.
WE ARE WORKING HARD FOR THE
FUTURE OF VENEZUELA, AND THEIR
CHILDREN TO -- WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT OUR YOUTH, THAT'S WHAT WE
ARE BUILDING.
BUILDING A FUTURE FOR YOUR
CHILDREN.
NOW DAYS IT'S A HUGE MOTIVATION.