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TRISH: TONIGHT, PEACE TALKS
BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE
SOCIALIST DICTATORSHIP OF
NICOLAS MADURO'S REGIME IN
VENEZUELA AND THE OPPOSITION LED
BY THE MAN THE U.S. AND OVER 50
OTHER COUNTRIES RECOGNIZES AS
THE PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA, THEY
HAVE ENDED WITH NO DEAL.
ALL THIS AS THE PEOPLE GROW MORE
DESPERATE.
I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS VIDEO.
THIS IS VIDEO OF PEOPLE WAITING
AND WAITING AND WAITING AND
WAITING, AND THEY'RE WAITING FOR
FUEL.
WE'RE TOLD THAT IN SOME CASES
PEOPLE CAN WAIT IN LINES LIKE
THAT FOR FOUR DAYS.
JOINING ME RIGHT NOW FOR THE
FIRST REACTION SINCE THE NEWS
OUT OF NORWAY BROKE LIVE FROM
CARACAS, VENEZUELA, PRESIDENT
JUAN GUAIDO.
SEÑOR, GOOD EVENING.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> TRANSLATOR: GOOD EVENING,
TRISH, THANK YOU.
TRISH: WHAT HAPPENED IN NORWAY?
WHY IS THERE NO RESOLUTION?
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> TRANSLATOR: WELL, AS YOU
KNOW, TRISH, WE HAVE BEEN
STRUGGLING IN VENEZUELA FOR THE
PAST FIVE MONTHS IN THE STREETS
OF VENEZUELA, DEMANDING THE END
OF THE USURPATION OF POWER SO WE
CAN SERVE AND ATTEND THE
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN
THAT ARE SUFFERING, WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT SEVEN MILLION
PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED OF, DIRE
NEED OF HUMANITARIAN AID.
AND THROUGH THE MEDIATION WITH
OTHER, WITH OTHER EUROPEAN IF
ACTORS AND ALSO A GROUP OF --
[INAUDIBLE]
THOSE ARE THE STAGES OF OUR
STRUGGLE WHERE WE CAN ATTAIN THE
END OF THE USURPATION OF POWER,
TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT AND FREE
ELECTIONS.
OF COURSE, WE WANT TO REACH A
SOLUTION TO CONFLICT, AND WE
WILL BE PRESENT AT ANY
NEGOTIATION.
THERE WAS NO AGREEMENT, AND
THERE WAS NO MEET AGREEMENT, SO
THE CHANCE THAT WE HAVE TODAY IS
TO REMAIN IN THE STREETS WITH
THE GROUP OF LIMA.
THERE WAS AN IMPORTANT MEETING
AND THE GROUP OF CONTACTS NEXT
MONTH, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO
ADVANCE ON THIS ROAD MAP TIL WE
CAN TAKE CARE OF THIS
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, SEVEN
MILLION PEOPLE --
TRISH:
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
VERY DIFFICULT.
>> TRANSLATOR: AND OVER FOUR
MILLION PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD TO
MIGRATE TO OTHER CUBS.
TRISH: I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
SPOKE WITH THE VERMONT THIS
EVEN -- THE VICE PRESIDENT THIS
EVENING, MIKE PENCE.
WHAT DID HE SAY?
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> TRANSLATOR: YES, IT WAS A
VERY KIND CONVERSATION WITH VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE.
HE SHOWED HE'S CONCERNED FOR THE
COLLAPSE OF PUBLIC SERVICES IN
VENEZUELA.
MADURO IS STILL DETAINED --
[INAUDIBLE]
MEMBER OF THE PARLIAMENT --
[INAUDIBLE]
NO LONGER ENJOYED THE
PARLIAMENTARIAN IMMUNITY, SUFFER
FROM CENSORSHIP.
EVEN INTERNET ACCESS HAS BEEN
CUT OFF LAST WEEK.
VERY IMPORTANT --
[INAUDIBLE]
FOR VENEZUELA.
BUT DESPITE ALL THIS, WE REMAIN
ON THE STREETS.
WE CONTINUE TO TALK IN THE GROUP
OF LIMA.
WE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE -- THE
SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED
FROM OTHER COUNTRIES SUPPORTING
DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM, AND AT
THE END OF THE DAY WE WANT THIS
TRANSITION TOWARDS FREEDOM AND
DEMOCRACY AGAIN.
TRISH:
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU
GUYS HAVE THAT LIBERTY THERE.
WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW WITH THE
HUMANITARIAN AID?
IS ANY AID GETTING THROUGH?
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> TRANSLATOR: YES.
WE HAVE MANAGED TO GET THROUGH
BUT NOT IN THE VOLUME THAT'S
ACTUALLY REQUIRED.
TRISH:
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
WHY NOT?
>> TRANSLATOR: WITH A LOT OF
DIFFICULTY REALLY.
BECAUSE IT'S BLOCKED BY THE
GOVERNMENT.
THE GOVERNMENT OF NICOLAS
MADURO.
THEY BURNED, THEY SET MEDICINES
ON FIRE.
THEY'VE BLOCKED ALL OUR ATTEMPTS
TO GET HUMANITARIAN AID THROUGH.
MORE THAN SIX CHILDREN HAVE DIED
IN THE LAST WEEK BECAUSE OF LACK
OF TREATMENTS.
ESPECIALLY IN THE INTERIOR OF
THE COUNTRY.
THE SITUATION IS DIRE.
TRISH: SPANISH IT'S TERRIBLE.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
IT'S TERRIBLE.
TELL ME WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH
THE MILITARY IN VENEZUELA ARE.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> TRANSLATOR: IN HOSPITALS IN
VENEZUELA, THERE ARE NO MEDICAL
SUPPLIES.
THERE IS NO MEDICAL CARE.
THE PRIMARY CARE PROGRAMS THAT
WAS PROCLAIMED BY THE GOVERNMENT
IS NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE.
WE -- THERE ARE NO VACCINES FOR
OUR CHILDREN.
THIS IS A VERY DELICATE
SITUATION.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEVEN
MILLION VENEZUELANS THAT ARE IN
NEED OF HUMANITARIAN AID.
AND THIS HAS BEEN CAUSED BY THE
INCAPACITY OF HUMAN BEINGS OF
OUR, OF THE GOVERNMENT.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE STOLEN BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE GASOLINE.
TRISH:
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> TRANSLATOR: THEY'RE NOT ABLE
TO --
TRISH: VENEZUELA IS SO WEALTHY
WITH OIL.
AND YOU GUYS DON'T EVEN HAVE
THAT.
THESE BASIC NECESSITIES.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
BUT THE PEOPLE HAVE NOTHING.
LET ME FAST FORWARD, ASSUMING
THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO GET SOME
NEGOTIATIONS UNDERWAY, WHAT
GUARANTEE MIGHT YOU HAVE, WOULD
YOU HAVE IF THERE ARE NEW
ELECTIONS, THAT THOSE WILL BE
FAIR ELECTIONS?
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> TRANSLATOR: THE ONLY WAY TO
HAVE FREE ELECTIONS TODAY, TRULY
FREE -- WHICH, BY THE WAY, WE DO
NOT VALIDATE THE ELECTIONS FROM
MAY 20TH LAST YEAR.
TRISH:
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
I KNOW.
>> TRANSLATOR: WE NEED TO HAVE A
NEW ELECTORAL COUNCIL IS SO WE
HAVE TRUE INSTITUTIONS THAT CAN
ACTUALLY GUARANTEE PARTICIPATION
FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS, FOR ALL
PARTIES.
SO WE CAN ALSO TURN TO
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.
WE'RE VERY CONCERNED, BECAUSE WE
COULD GO FROM THIS HUMANITARIAN
CRISIS TO A HUMANITARIAN
CATASTROPHE IN THE SHORT TERM
BECAUSE OF LACK OF GAS.
FOR THE PAST FIVE MONTHS, A LOT
OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO ACCESS TO
WATER, TO DRINKING WATER.
SO THAT'S THE EMERGENCY THAT WE
NEED TO TAKE CARE OF AT THE
MOMENT.
TRISH:
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
YOU DON'T HAVE THESE BASIC
NECESSITIES LIKE MEDICINE AND
FUEL AND IN SOME CASES WATER.
MET ME TURN TO -- MET ME -- LET
ME TURN TO, YOU MENTIONED THE
GROUP OF LIMA.
ARE YOU SEEING ENOUGH
COOPERATION FROM BRAZIL AND FROM
COLOMBIA?
WHAT'S GOING ON NOW?
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> TRANSLATOR: WELL, BRAZIL AND
COLOMBIA HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING
US.
THEY'VE RECEIVED MIGRANTS, NOW
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOUR MILLION
PEOPLE HAVE MIGRATED.
THIS IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN
THE LAST 30 YEARS DUE TO THIS
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AND LACK OF
OPPORTUNITY.
SO IN THAT REGARD, THEY HAVE
BEEN SUPPORTING US.
BUT ALSO THEY HAVE ALSO RECEIVED
THE HUMANITARIAN AID.
ALL THE AID FROM THE UNITED
STATES, FROM EUROPE HAS BEEN
STORED IN THESE TWO COUNTRIES IN
CENTERS.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE
TO ACHIEVE THE VOLUME THAT WE
WANTED DUE TO BLOCKADE OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF VENEZUELA, BECAUSE
THE KIDS OF COLOMBIA --
[INAUDIBLE]
ACCORDING TO THEM 41% ARE
PARTICIPATING IN THE REGION, IN
THEIR PARAMILITARY CAMP WHICH IS
ALSO A NET FOR THE REGION.
TRISH: I KNOW.
WELL --
>> TRANSLATOR: AND THIS HAS
TURNED INTO VERY WORSE, A VERY
CONCERNING SITUATION FOR DRUG
TRAFFICKING IN THE REGION.
TRISH:
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
I KNOW, WE'VE REPORTED ON THAT.
WELL, BE CAREFUL.
WE'RE WATCHING YOU AND WE'RE ALL
SAYING A PRAYER --
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
THANK YOU.