WASHINGTON.-In another sample of your confidence in the democratic transition, María Corina Machado assured in an international forum that Venezuelawithout the Nicolás regime Ripe In power, “it represents the greatest opportunity for investment of the hemisphere for the next decades, in the Americas.
“Not only in oil and gas, but in 11 strategic sectors with high added value potential,” Machado said during a meeting with key international financial actors, in this city of the United States.
Among these sectors, the Venezuelan opposition leader mentioned those of infrastructure, agribusiness, mining, renewable energy and tourism.
Machado and members of their economic team held meetings with influential international companies, such as Barclays and JP Morgan, in the context of spring meetings with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (BM), according to a statement from its organization Vente Venezuela.
The leader stressed that “in the new Venezuela, the oil sector will be operated 100% by the private sector, with the State as an efficient and transparent regulator.”
System in Venezuela is unsustainable
Machado, from hiding, reiterated that Maduro’s regime has little time left.
“This system is unsustainable. It is no longer if it will fall, but when. And that when is much closer than many imagine,” he said
He insisted that “all vectors are aligned towards a democratic transition”, and included “the rejection of the population, the internal fracture of the regime and the coordinated international pressure.”
Proposals
Rafael de la Cruz, one of his collaborators, complemented that they promote a “win-win scenario.”
“Our proposal guarantees legal certainty, total opening to private capital and competitive fiscal conditions to attract mass investment,” he said and highlighted the “firm support” of the Trump administration to the democratic cause of Venezuela.
Gustavo García, on the other hand, said the approach to the creditors.
“We want them to see the restructuring as a business opportunity. We do not seek a long and conflicting restructuring, but a constructive, unique and definitive negotiation that restores the tax and external sustainability of the country,” according to the press release.
Machado said that with legitimate leadership in Venezuela without mature, a clear economic vision and increasing international support, the country is projected as the “next great success case for emerging markets.”
