Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures while he speaks during a meeting with members of the government in Caracas, Venezuela, February 13, 2019. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS
CARACAS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government stepped up a legal battle against efforts to oust him on Thursday, while the opposition said the international community had pledged more than $100 million in humanitarian aid for the country.
Venezuela's opposition, which argues Maduro's presidency is illegitimate because he won in a sham vote, is trying to wrest control of the OPEC nation's oil sector from him and deliver aid to a population suffering food and medicine shortages.
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