Troubles flare as Juan Guaido, the opposition lawmaker the U.S. calls Venezuela’s legitimate leader, struggles to keep his legislative post
In an interview ahead of Sunday’s vote, Elliott Abrams, the Trump administration’s special representative for Venezuela, stressed that Guaido is the Venezuelan opposition’s choice for interim president and that the U.S. backs him as a result.
Abrams dismissed claims that the United States is running out of targets to sanction, saying that the Trump administration keeps getting “more and more information from cooperative governments and individuals” about new targets tied to the Maduro government. “If Guaido was weak, the question would be why Maduro is doing everything to interfere with Guaido’s reelection” as assembly leader, Vecchio said.
Another group that the United States wants to peel away from Maduro are the “Chavistas.” These are Venezuelans who support the left-wing, socialist ideology that kept Maduro’s predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez, in power for years. Chavez, who died in 2013 while battling cancer, endorsed Maduro as his successor.
Former U.S. officials who have dealt with Venezuela said it was clear that the Trump administration’s hopes that Maduro would quickly resign have been tempered over the past year, and that it is still trying to properly calibrate its policy toward the Latin American nation.dropped his recognition
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