Political scientist Molly de la Sotta stated thatl oil, gas and gold that exist in Venezuela are the reasons why United States President Joe Biden claims that his counterpart in that country, Nicolas Maduro, is honoring the agreements he signed to promote democracy in the country.

“Well, oil, we can find the answer in the sanctions that have just been lifted, they concern oil, gas and gold. “Venezuela has a lot of oil reserves and also a lot of valuable mineral reserves like gold,” he said in Aristegui live.

Last Wednesday, Biden confirmed that Maduro was delivering on his promised measures to advance democratic reforms in the South American country.

However, De la Sotta assured that this is a lie, since he claims that the President of Venezuela He didn’t do anything he agreed on.

“The government of Venezuela has not even fulfilled the agreements it signed, neither with the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, nor with the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, nor with Mr. Karim Khan, who went to Venezuela and signed the agreement, and he also did not sign the memorandum of understanding between Mexico and Venezuela, which stated that the constitution and human rights would be respected,” he added.

The expert argued that the international community assures that the government of Nicolas Maduro is moving forward, but she rejects this, so she called on the authorities listen to the real victims this process.

He even explained it opposition in Venezuela He claims that the president, who has been in power for 10 years, respects the agreements, although this is not the case.

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“I understand that this unity table involves an opposition that is not an opposition because they say the Maduro government is moving forward in negotiations and they have been given until November 30 to reinstate sanctions if Maduro does not comply. he did not comply, and the sanctions have still been lifted,” he explained.

Regarding the fact that Venezuela agreed to release political prisoners, including 10 Americansin exchange for the release of a Colombian US businessman. Alex SaabThe political scientist assured that the exchange seemed like a “bad deal.”

“Having this kind of exchange with more than 300 political prisoners in Venezuela, with open torture centers, after arbitrary detentions, did not change anything in the National Electoral Council, what they did does not seem to me a good deal,” he added. .

On the other hand, Molly de la Sotta, sister of the Venezuelan soldier Luis de la Sotta, a political prisoner who served in prison for more than 5 years and was released on September 30, assured that her brother recovering about the torture he suffered in custody.

De la Sotta, a Navy soldier, was arrested and charged with the alleged conspiracy in 2017.