Exclusive: Venezuela opposition discussing scaling back interim government, sources say

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido speaks during an interview with Reuters in Caracas, Venezuela November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition is discussing scaling back the interim government of opposition leader Juan Guaido that has won diplomatic recognition by dozens of countries that disavowed President Nicolas Maduro, nine legislators told Reuters.

Guaido, the leader of Venezuela's opposition-controlled parliament, in 2019 called Maduro a usurper following his disputed re-election and assumed a parallel presidency based on articles of the constitution that make the head of the National Assembly next in line to rule the country.