FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognized as the country's rightful interim ruler, and Colombia's President Ivan Duque gesture after a meeting of the Lima Group in Bogota, Colombia, Feb. 25, 2019. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo
BOGOTA (Reuters) - The Lima Group regional bloc said on Monday that threats have been made against the life of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido and the group finds them credible, adding that President Nicolas Maduro was responsible for Guaido's safety.
The bloc in a statement demanded Maduro immediately leave his post in favour of a democratic transition that includes free elections. Colombian Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo, speaking on behalf of the group, said there was information about credible threats to Guaido and his family.
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