Washington, United States.
Juan González, the main one adviser for Latin America of president of Joe Biden assured that the current ruler “is not Barack Obama in politics towards Cuba,” in dismissing for a moment a dialogue between Washington and the island.
“The political moment has changed significantly, the political space has closed a lot, because the Cuban government has not responded in any way, and in fact the oppression against the Cubans is even worse today than it may have been during the (George W.) Bush administration (2001-2009), “Gonzalez said in an interview with CNN in Spanish on Sunday.
“Those who think that the US at this time entered into a multi-year dialogue with Cuba, I think they do not understand the political moment and the situation where we are living or frankly, I would say the disorder we inherited from the previous administration.” , he added, noting that “this is where the political capital or time of this administration may not be initially invested.”
Gonzalez further justified that the US is not complying with the agreement to process 20,000 visas for Cuban immigrants per year, arguing that they seek to ensure that U.S. personnel in Havana are “safe.”
Washington has denounced attacks on its officials in Havana which allegedly took place between November 2016 and August 2017, which at first he described as acoustic although he later acknowledged not having confirmed its nature.
As a result of these facts, the White house order in 2018 the departure of non-essential staff from its embassy in Cuba, that is, 60% of the total.
Asked about the possibility of an approach with the Government of Nicolás Maduro, González considered that the Venezuelan president should have a conversation about the future of his country with the opponent Juan Guaidó, whom the US recognizes as the interim president of this country, and with a broad front that this leader seeks to settle with the participation of different sectors.
“We are not going to impose conditions on this process, it is a totally Venezuelan process,” said the official, who indicated that the Biden administration will seek within the United States to “depoliticize the situation to Venezuela” to work with both Democrats and Republicans looking for a solution for that country.
Similarly, he has defended US-imposed sanctions on Venezuela and dismissed them as the cause of the crisis in that country, which he attributed to Maduro and the late President Hugo Chávez.
“What is happening to the Venezuelan people is an injustice, and it is not something that is the fault of the US, it is something that is the fault of those who are currently in de facto power,” said the adviser, who he subordinated any action that meant raising the pressure on the Maduro Government to the formation of a new National Electoral Council (CNE).