Venezuela's Guaido Says Opposition Seeks Financing, Debt Relief
- Congress head says new leadership could ‘easily’ get financing
- Venezuela opposition began talks to freeze state assets abroad
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Venezuela’s opposition would seek financial relief and a renegotiation of the nation’s mounting foreign debt if it was recognized as the rightful government, Juan Guaido, president of the National Assembly, said in an interview.
Since becoming head of the legislature this month, Guaido has been aggressively pushing the Venezuelan military and foreign governments to recognize him rather than the authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro as the legitimate head of state. In a Jan. 11 statement, a group of Venezuelan bond investors said they’d recognize the National Assembly as "the only legitimately elected body" and wouldn’t negotiate with Maduro over unpaid debt.