Henri Falcón seeks US support as president of Venezuela
Posted Jul 18, 2019 06:20:48 PM.
WASHINGTON — Venezuelan opposition leader Henri Falcón wants support from the United States to become the president of Venezuela and has hired a Canada-based lobbyist for $200,000 to achieve that goal.
Documents filed with the Justice Department this week show Falcón is working with Ari Ben-Menashe, president of the Montreal-based firm Dickens & Madson Canada.
Falcón heads the Progressive Advance party and broke with Venezuela’s opposition to run as an independent candidate when Nicolas Maduro was re-elected president in May 2018. Falcón has not announced a new run for president.
The United States and 50 other countries contend Maduro’s re-election was fraudulent and recognize opposition leader Juan Guaidó as head of the country.
Maduro’s government and the opposition have resumed talks aimed at ending the political crisis.
Luis Alonso Lugo, The Associated Press