“We don’t want it to descend into chaos,” the US Secretary of State said.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained on Wednesday that the Trump administration’s plan for Venezuela after the capture of Nicolás Maduro involves three phases, the last of which is the political “transition” in the Latin American country.
“It’s a three-part process… The first step is stabilizing the country. We don’t want it to descend into chaos,” Rubio said in remarks to the press in Washington, adding that they are seizing oil tankers and are “on the verge of finalizing a deal to remove all the oil currently stuck in Venezuela.”
According to the US Secretary of State, the second phase, called “recovery,” consists of “ensuring that American, Western, and other companies have access to Venezuelan oil.”
“At the same time, a process of national reconciliation will begin in Venezuela, so that opposition forces can be granted amnesty and released from prison or repatriated to the country, and begin to rebuild civil society,” he said.
Finally, he indicated that the third phase “will be one of transition.” “Some aspects of these will overlap,” he clarified before stating that he would provide “more details in the coming days” but that he believes they are “making very positive progress.”
