Guaido invoked the constitution in January to assume the interim presidency after declaring Maduro’s 2018 re-election a fraud, and has been recognized by dozens of Western nations as the country’s legitimate leader
Maduro, who has overseen a dramatic collapse of the OPEC nation’s economy, has called Guaido a puppet of the United States and said he should “face justice,” but has not explicitly ordered his arrest.“They have kidnapped @ROBERTOMARRERO, my chief of staff,” Guaido said in a post on Twitter, adding the Caracas residences of Marrero and opposition legislator Sergio Vergara had been raided before dawn. “We do not know their whereabouts. They should be freed immediately.
Dozens of countries including the United States, major European powers and most South American nations have backed Guaido and say Maduro’s rule is illegitimate. Venezuela is reeling from annual inflation topping 2 million per cent, which has fuelled malnutrition and preventable disease and spurred an exodus of more than 3 million citizens in since 2015.
Maduro says his government is the victim of an “economic war” led by his political adversaries and blames U.S. financial and oil sector sanctions for the country’s situation.
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