Venezuelan presidential crisis
The Venezuelan presidential crisis was a political crisis concerning the leadership and the legitimate president of Venezuela between 2019 and 2023, with the nation and the world divided in support for Nicolás Maduro or Juan Guaidó.
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Presidents of Cuba, Bolivia and El Salvador greet Maduro at Maduro's second inauguration on 10 January 2019
Juan Guaidó surrounded by members of the opposition during the public assembly on 11 January 2019
Juan Gerardo Antonio Guaidó Márquez is a Venezuelan opposition politician. He belonged to the social-democratic party Popular Will, and was a federal deputy to the National Assembly representing the state of Vargas. On 23 January 2019, the National Assembly declared that he was acting president of Venezuela and Guaidó swore himself into office, starting the Venezuelan presidential crisis by challenging Nicolás Maduro's presidency. In December 2022, opposition parties voted to dismiss Guaidó as interim president, choosing Dinorah Figuera as a successor on 5 January 2023 and ending Guaidó's presidential claim.
Juan Guaidó in 2019
Guaidó behind Leopoldo López and María Corina Machado, presenting the protests initiative La Salida (The Exit) in 2014
Guaidó in a 1 February 2019 Voice of America interview
Guaidó and wife, Fabiana Rosales at a 2 February demonstration
