The Wall Street Journal predicts that Trump will extend the permit allowing Chevron Corporation to maintain its operations in Venezuela for an additional 60 days.   Photo: Página 12

New York, May 21 (RHC)-- An exclusive article in The Wall Street Journal refutes the narrative that the far right attempted to construct about the departure of opposition members from the country who took refuge in the Argentine embassy.

The U.S. newspaper, in its coverage of the negotiations taking place between Venezuela and the United States in Antigua and Barbuda, reports that the government of President Nicolás Maduro "allowed five opposition activists who had been sheltered in the Argentine embassy in Caracas to leave the country."

Thus, in an exclusive article on the release of U.S. Air Force veteran Joe St. Clair, the newspaper refutes the narrative attempted by the South American country's far right regarding an alleged operation, dubbed "Guacamaya," through which the opposition activists who were sheltered in the Argentine embassy in Caracas were allegedly rescued with the participation of the United States.

The Wall Street Journal also acknowledges that the Venezuelan government's decision to release U.S. Air Force veteran Joe St. Clair could encourage the Trump administration to allow Western oil companies to continue operating in Venezuelan territory, adding that it hopes to improve bilateral relations.

On May 6, the Venezuelan government stated that it granted safe-conduct passes to the opposition members, close associates of María Corina Machado, who were at the embassy, ​​following high-level negotiations.  At that time, it was revealed that after receiving the safe-conduct passes, the opposition members left Venezuelan territory.

The far right did not recognize the Venezuelan government's action in granting the safe-conduct passes, an issue clarified on May 7 by Diosdado Cabello, Secretary General of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), who also addressed the false narrative that the Venezuelan far right has constructed regarding the granted safe-conduct passes.

“All of this comes with a narrative.  Who put those people in the Argentine embassy?  Did we put them there?  No.  They voluntarily went to the Argentine embassy.  They couldn't find a way to solve their problem.  Then, suddenly, they left, and the speculation began,” Cabello said.

On Tuesday, May 20th, Venezuela handed over to the United States the 33-year-old U.S. soldier who had been tried in Venezuelan territory.

In this context, The Wall Street Journal also predicts that, as a result of the current talks, President Donald Trump will extend for an additional 60 days the permit that allows Chevron Corporation to maintain its operations in Venezuela.

[ SOURCE: teleSUR ]