Diosdado Cabello, Maduro's number two man is studying the possibility of calling parliamentary elections at the start of 2020. FMTNews
Diosdado Cabello is the number two most powerful leader in the South American country after president Nicolas Maduro.
“It gives you something extra to protect you in negotiations,” said Delphos pollsters director Felix Seijas. The US has been pressuring Maduro through sanctions into acquiescing to opposition demands to step down and hold new presidential elections, something he has steadfastly refused to countenance.
However, “this assembly that was considered dead was suddenly resuscitated as a counterweight fighting Maduro for legitimate power in Venezuela” with Guaido at its head, said Salamanca.
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