Factbox: Guaido vs Maduro - Who is backing whom in Venezuela?


  • World
  • Wednesday, 01 May 2019

Supporters of Nicolas Maduro set on fire an effigy depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, before burning it during the traditional burning of Judas on Holy Sunday in Caracas, Venezuela April 21, 2019. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero

(Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido is attempting to oust socialist President Nicolas Maduro. In January he invoked the constitution to assume an interim presidency, arguing that Maduro's re-election in 2018 was illegitimate.

On Tuesday Guaido made his strongest call yet to the military to help him, and violence broke out at anti-government protests as the country hit a new crisis point after years of political and economic chaos.

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