Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Monday said he crossed the border into Colombia 'on foot' to seek a meeting with international delegations gathering there for a conference focused on his country's political crisis.
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó on Monday said he crossed the border into Colombia “on foot” to seek a meeting with international delegations gathering there for a conference focused on his country’s political crisis.
After the re-election of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in 2018 was deemed a sham by dozens of countries, Guaidó declared himself Venezuela’s interim president in 2019. However, his popularity has waned since then and opposition lawmakers voted in January to strip him of that role and instead appoint a committee to run what they call their “interim government.”
“I will be requesting meetings with members of the international delegations attending the summit,” Guaidó said in the statement. “I hope this summit can ensure that the Maduro regime returns to the negotiating table in Mexico and agrees to a credible timetable for free and fair elections to solve the current situation.”Guaidó recently denounced an increase in threats against him in Venezuela.
When Guaidó declared himself Venezuela’s interim president in 2019, he ran a parallel government and was backed by the U.S., which handed him control of Venezuelan assets frozen abroad through sanctions.
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