Venezuela Opposition Removes Guaido as ‘Interim President’

Venezuela’s opposition on Friday voted to remove Juan Guaido as the “interim president” and to dissolve the US-backed “interim government,” a move that came after resuming talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Guaido declared himself as the interim president of Venezuela in 2019 after not recognizing the result of the 2018 election, and he received full backing from the US. The Trump administration supported a failed coup attempt against Maduro, and what little support Guaido had in Venezuela declined over the years.

The interim government in Venezuela never had any real power inside the country, but it was granted control of some offshore Venezuelan assets and embassies by the US and its Western allies that recognized Guaido. The opposition’s decision to dissolve the interim government came after they restarted talks with Maduro in November.