The opposition-controlled National Assembly will decide whether to keep Guaido as its leader for a second year in a special session inaugurating the final year of its 2015-2020 legislative period
The weeks leading up to Sunday’s vote were marked by tension, with the opposition denouncing a covert government campaign to intimidate and bribe lawmakers into voting against Guaido — an outcome that would’ve embarrassed the 36-year-old lawmaker who has been recognized as Venezuela’s rightful leader by more than 50 nations.
“Today you’re complicit with the dictatorship, you’re complicit with those who are responsible for the hunger inside Venezuela,” he added. He was eventually allowed though the police line. “The big question for this year is whether Guaido will be able to use his waning political strength to guide his coalition through such a rocky period,” said Geoff Ramsey, a researcher at the Washington Office on Latin America. “Opposition unity is already fraying at the edges, and the armed forces appear less likely than ever to abandon Maduro.”
An estimated 4.5 million Venezuelans have abandoned their nation in an exodus rivaling war-torn Syria.
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