US interference in Venezuelan affairs is pushing the country closer to bloodshed. So who is Juan Guaido?
Earlier this year, opposition leader Juan Guaido appointed himself ‘interim president’ of Venezuela, attempting to usurp power from the incumbent Nicolas Maduro.
During that time, he also studied under Venezuelan economist Luis Enrique Berrizbeitia, a leading Latin American neo-liberal economist who worked for the International Monetary Fund and in various government positions in the 1970s and 80s, including the Venezuelan energy ministry. He also served as governor of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries .
A series of leaked emails from security think tank Stratfor said of the organisation: “They are still hooked to US funding and basically go around the world trying to topple dictators and autocratic governments [that the US does not like].” Lopez’s Popular Will social-democratic party, along with Guaido, were involved in anti-government street protests that blocked highways and streets in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, in 2014. The violent clashes left 43 people dead and anti-Maduro protests left more than 127 dead in 2017, many of them police and Maduro supporters.
The tightly orchestrated and coordinated attempt by the Trump administration to replace Maduro took off in January of this year, with Washington being the first capital to recognise the self-declared leader, followed by 11 European states.
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