(21. April 2002)
The Bush administration has tried to distance itself from the coup. It immediately endorsed the new government under businessman Pedro Carmona. But the coup was sent dramatically into reverse after 48 hours.
Now officials at the Organisation of American States and other diplomatic sources, talking to The Observer, assert that the US administration was not only aware the coup was about to take place, but had sanctioned it, presuming it to be destined for success.
The Venezuelan coup d‘état attempt of 2002 was a failed coup d‘état on 11 April 2002 that saw President Hugo Chávez ousted from office for 47 hours before being restored to power. Chávez, who had been elected in 2000, was aided in his return to power by overwhelming popular support and mobilization against the coup and assistance of loyalists in the military.[8][unreliable source?]
The situation began on 9 April, when a general strike was called by the trade union organization „National Federation of Trade Unions“, Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela (CTV). The proposed strike was in response to Chávez‘s appointments to prominent posts in Venezuela‘s national oil company, PDVSA.[9] Two days later in Caracas, up to one million Venezuelans marched in opposition to Chávez.[10][11] At one point during the march, opposition leaders redirected the protestors to the presidential palace, Miraflores, where government supporters and Bolivarian Circles were holding their own rally. Upon the opposition‘s arrival, the two sides confronted each other. Gunshots rang out, and by that evening 19 people were dead, including both supporters and opponents of the government.[6] Then, the military high command started the coup at Miraflores and demanded that Chávez resign. President Chávez refused to resign, and he subsequently was arrested by the military.[12][13][14] Chávez‘s request for asylum in Cuba was denied, and he was ordered to be tried in a Venezuelan court.[9]
Nach den Ende Januar durch die US-Regierung verschärften Sanktionen, die zuvor noch Hauptabnehmer venezolanischen Erdöls waren, ist die Ausfuhr dorthin im März zum Erliegen gekommen. Dafür sind die Exporte in Richtung Asien nach wie vor konstant. Im März ging die größte Menge venezolanischen Erdöls nach Indien, China und Singapur. Der Anteil dieser drei Länder an der Gesamtmenge machte im März 74 Prozent aus. Exporte nach Europa fielen von 22 Prozent im Februar auf 17 Prozent. Auch nach Kuba wurden noch etwa 65.000 Barrel durch die PDVSA verschifft. Größte Einzelabnehmer waren nach Informationen von Reuters China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) und das russische Staatsunternehmen Rosneft.
Informationsminister Jorge Rodríguez teilte am Mittwoch mit, dass die Stromversorgung zu 100 Prozent, die Wasserversorgung im Land zu 80 und in der Hauptstadt Caracas zu 70 Prozent garantiert seien. Die verfügten Arbeitsfreistellungen seien aufgehoben, der Unterricht an Schulen und Universitäten werde am heutigen Freitag fortgesetzt. Auch der öffentliche Transport ist nach Regierungsangaben wieder funktionsfähig.
Bei einem offiziellen Besuch in Moskau am Freitag hat Venezuelas Vizepräsidentin Delcy Rodríguez mit dem Außenminister der Russischen Förderation, Sergei Lawrow, eine verstärkte Zusammenarbeit beider Länder vereinbart.
Quevedo hatte zuvor an der 13. Internationalen Öl- und Gaskonferenz (Petrotech 2019) teilgenommen, die Indien vom 9. bis 12. Februar in seiner Hauptstadt Neu-Delhi ausgerichtet hatte.
„India also wants to increase the intake,“ Quevedo said after a meeting with Indian refiners. „We are selling more than 300,000 barrels a day but of course we want to increase that and India also wants to increase the intake from Venezuela. We want to double that amount.“
Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA is telling customers of its oil joint ventures to deposit sales proceeds at an account it recently opened at Russia’s Gazprombank AO, according to sources and an internal document seen by Reuters on Saturday.
A flotilla loaded with about 7 million barrels of Venezuelan oil has formed in the Gulf of Mexico, some holding cargoes bought ahead of the latest U.S. sanctions on Venezuela and others whose buyers are weighing who to pay, according to traders, shippers and Refinitiv Eikon data.
(1.2.2019) USA being the largest buyers of Venezuelan heavy crude tightening all screws around Maduro. Madura seems adamant and expecting some help from Russia or Iran to bail him out of the situation, but that seems unlikely under the current circumstances. PDVSA being the special purpose vehicle for Maduro seems running out of fuel very soon and will not be able to support Maduro very long. China is withholding business ties and ongoing Refinery project JVs with PDVSA in the situations . Under this circumstances , all roads for Maduro are coming to an end.
“The (Venezuelan) export volumes will not be eliminated from the market, but rather rerouted to other countries,” said Paola Rodriguez-Masiu, an analyst at consultancy Rystad Energy.
With the United States dropping out as a customer for Venezuelan oil, she added that “China and India … will be able to pick up these oil volumes at great discounts”.
Die demokratische US-Kongressabgeordnete Tulsi Gabbard, die 2020 Präsidentin ihres Landes werden will, wertet das als den realen Grund für die US-Intervention: »It’s about the oil … again«. Das südamerikanische Land verfügt über die weltweit größten bestätigten Erdölreserven.
Im Beisein des Sicherheitsberaters von Präsident Donald Trump, John Bolton, hat Finanzminister Steven Mnuchin am gestrigen Dienstag noch bekannt gegeben, dass die USA bisher zwischen sieben und elf Milliarden US-Dollar venezolanischen Vermögens eingefroren haben, in erster Linie von PDVSA.