National Assembly President Juan Guaido
By Caribbean News Now contributor
WASHINGTON, USA — The United States, along with Canada, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina, on Wednesday recognised National Assembly President Juan Guaido after he declared himself interim president of Venezuela.
President Donald Trump called on Maduro to resign and promised to use the “full weight” of the US economic and diplomatic power to push for the restoration of democracy in Venezuela.
“The people of Venezuela have courageously spoken out against Maduro and his regime and demanded freedom and the rule of law,” Trump said in a statement.
Representative Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, also expressed support for “the people of Venezuela who have taken to the streets today to exercise their democratic rights and reject Nicolas Maduro’s authoritarian rule.”
