Fabiana Rosales, a Venezuelan activist who is the wife of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, is slated to visit the White House on Wednesday where she will meet with Vice President Mike Pence, a White House official said on Tuesday.
Pence is expected to reiterate U.S. backing for Guaido, the head of Venezuela’s national assembly, who in January invoked the constitution to assume the interim presidency, arguing President Nicolas Maduro’s 2018 re-election was illegitimate.
Most Latin American and Western countries have recognized Guaido as Venezuela’s rightful leader.
Maduro, who retains control of state functions and the country’s military, says Guaido is a puppet of the United States.
Fabiana Rosales de Guaido, wife of Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido, gives a speech during a meeting with Venezuelan residents in Lima, Peru, on Saturday
Rosales, a Venezuelan activist who is the wife of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, is slated to visit the White House on Wednesday
Guaido and his wife share a moment on stage during a rally in Caracas on March 4
Rosales, a 26-year-old journalist and opposition activist who is considered Venezuela’s first lady by supporters, told Reuters before her trip that her family and friends have been stalked and threatened.
She is also expected to visit New York City and Miami during her U.S. trip.
With her youthful energy and globe-trotting, Rosales is emerging as a prominent figure in her husband's campaign to bring change to the crisis-wracked country.
Her age and informal dress, often jeans, while touring Latin America belie an inner toughness and maturity cultivated with her activist husband during violent street protests in Venezuela’s capital.
Rosales is a 26-year-old journalist and opposition activist who is considered Venezuela’s first lady by supporters
She told Reuters before her trip that her family and friends have been stalked and threatened
Rosales takes a selfie with Venezuelans living in Chile during a meeting in Santiago last week
'Look, I am the wife of President Juan Guaido and I will accompany him on whatever route he takes and we will overcome whatever obstacles we face as we have done through all our years together,' Rosales said during an interview in Peru’s capital of Lima.
'But I got involved in politics because I want to change my country.'
'I don’t want my daughter to grow up wanting to leave Venezuela,' she said, a reference to the roughly 3 million Venezuelans who have fled their country amid a collapsing economy, hyperinflation and shortages of food and medicines.
As her husband leads efforts to remove Maduro through protests at home and by trying to persuade Venezuela’s military to abandon the socialist leader, Rosales is trying to drum up international support for Venezuela’s beleaguered opposition with highly publicized tours of neighboring countries.
This month she traveled to Peru and Chile, where she met with the presidents of both countries, and spoke in universities about Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis.
Rosales met her husband at a youth rally for Voluntad Popular, an opposition party she has worked with since her university years.
She has become a household name in Venezuela in recent months, standing at her husband’s side in rallies attended by thousands.
Recently, she has also taken on the role of international ambassador for Venezuela’s opposition, as her husband becomes bogged down in domestic affairs.
Venezuela’s government told workers and school children to stay home on Tuesday as the second major blackout this month left the streets of Caracas mostly empty and residents wondering how long power would be out amid a deepening economic crisis.
Maduro’s Socialist government, which had blamed sabotage by the United States and the opposition for the previous power cut, said an 'attack' on its electrical system caused the blackout that first hit on Monday.
As her husband leads efforts to remove Maduro through protests at home and by trying to persuade Venezuela’s military to abandon the socialist leader, Rosales is trying to drum up international support for the opposition with highly publicized tours of neighboring countries
Her age and informal dress, often jeans, while touring Latin America belie an inner toughness and maturity cultivated with her activist husband during violent street protests in Venezuela’s capital
'I don’t want my daughter to grow up wanting to leave Venezuela,' she said, a reference to the roughly 3 million Venezuelans who have fled their country amid a collapsing economy, hyperinflation and shortages of food and medicines
She has become a household name in Venezuela in recent months, standing at her husband’s side in rallies attended by thousands
The outage shuttered businesses, paralyzed the country’s main oil export terminal, and stranded commuters.
Intermittent service has long affected Venezuela’s largely rural interior, but residents of Caracas fear the increasing blackouts in the capital mean that unreliable power is becoming the new normal for them, too.
'I hope that now with these blackouts in Caracas they can do something, that everyone reacts,' said Maria Melendez, a seamstress in the western city of Punto Fijo who said she has had to replace damaged appliances during previous blackouts.
'They used to say that Caracas is Caracas, and everywhere else is weeds and snakes. Now Caracas will also be weeds and snakes if we continue like this.'
The blackout came amid tensions with the United States over the weekend arrival of Russian military planes, which led Washington to accuse Moscow of 'reckless escalation' of the country’s political crisis.
The United States believes the planes were carrying 'cybersecurity personnel,' a U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday.
That would suggest part of their mission could be helping Maduro’s loyalists with surveillance and protecting the government’s cyber infrastructure.
Russia, which has major energy investments in OPEC member Venezuela, has remained a staunch ally of Maduro, while the United States and most other Western nations have endorsed Guaido.
Citing the constitution, Guaido in January assumed the interim presidency, saying Maduro’s re-election last year was fraudulent.
Upon leaving a National Assembly session on Tuesday, individuals threw stones at the vehicle in which Guaido was traveling and tried to open its doors, according to a Reuters witness.
Referring to the event on Twitter, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, 'we condemn the attack on @JGuaido’s caravan.'
Power had returned to many parts of Caracas by noon on Tuesday, but businesses remained idle and few pedestrians were walking the streets.
Citing the constitution, Guaido in January assumed the interim presidency, saying Nicolas Maduro’s re-election last year was fraudulent. Maduro is seen above in Caracas on Saturday
Maduro, who retains control of state functions and the country’s military, says Guaido (seen right with his wife on March 1 in Buenos Aires) is a puppet of the United States
Those who went to work because they had not heard that the workday had been canceled were returning to their homes.
'How am I supposed to find out, if there’s no power and no internet?' said dental assistant Yolanda Gonzalez, 50, waiting for the bus near a Caracas plaza.
'Power’s going to get worse, you’ll see.'
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