Canada Vows to Revive Talks With Cuba on Ending Venezuela Crisis

  • Trudeau’s top diplomat hosts Guaido as Maduro clings to power
  • Opposition chief calls bid to engage Havana ‘very positive’
Juan Guaido and Francois-Philippe Champagne arrive at a press conference in Ottawa on Jan. 27, 2020.Photographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg
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Justin Trudeau’s top diplomat said Canada will keep pressing Cuba to help resolve Venezuela’s political crisis.

Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne made the pledge Monday alongside Juan Guaido, the Venezuelan opposition leader seeking to oust President Nicolas Maduro. His comments come more than a year after the Canadian government began playing an activist role in the effort to help break Maduro’s grip on power.