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Venezuelan opposition leader declares himself president; U.S. promptly recognizes him as interim ...
The Washington Post ^ | January 23, 2019 | Mariana Zuñiga , Anthony Faiola and Rachelle Krygier

Posted on 01/23/2019 10:36:32 AM PST by Jagermonster

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday faced the gravest challenge to his authority since assuming power in 2013, as the U.S.-backed opposition claimed the legitimate mantle of leadership, and President Trump promptly recognized him as Venezuela’s interim president.

The dramatic developments came as anti-Maduro protests drew hundreds of thousands of people into Venezuelan streets.

“Today, I am officially recognizing the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaido, as the Interim President of Venezuela,” Trump said in a statement. “In its role as the only legitimate branch of government duly elected by the Venezuelan people, the National Assembly invoked the country’s constitution to declare Nicolas Maduro illegitimate, and the office of the presidency therefore vacant. The people of Venezuela have courageously spoken out against Maduro and his regime and demanded freedom and the rule of law.”

As the international campaign against him grew, Maduro, the anointed successor of socialist firebrand Hugo Chávez, who died in 2013, was confronting a new protagonist in the form of Guaidó. Before a cheering throng, the 35-year-old industrial engineer and recently named head of the country’s National Assembly took the long-awaited step Wednesday of declaring himself interim president — in an attempt to replace Maduro as the legitimate head of state.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Cuba; Foreign Affairs; Government; Russia
KEYWORDS: cuba; guaido; maduro; nicaragua; russia; venezuela

1 posted on 01/23/2019 10:36:32 AM PST by Jagermonster
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To: Jagermonster

I hope the “interim president” has a lot of bodyguards.


2 posted on 01/23/2019 10:38:01 AM PST by circlecity
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To: Jagermonster
This should be good...


3 posted on 01/23/2019 10:39:23 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: Jagermonster

Hopefully we’ll get to see Maduro’s corpse by the weekend.


4 posted on 01/23/2019 10:40:04 AM PST by Levy78
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To: Jagermonster

As the international campaign against him grew, Maduro, the anointed successor of socialist firebrand Hugo Chávez,

...

Notice how kind the Amazon Washington Post is to a brutal leftist dictator.


5 posted on 01/23/2019 10:44:25 AM PST by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Levy78

Hanging from his ankles at a Citgo station.


6 posted on 01/23/2019 10:45:04 AM PST by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Jagermonster

I was telling a smug liberal coworker that Venezuela’s was about to cast off Maduro. I told him that every one of Venezuela’s neighboring countries were pushing for regime change even if it meant invasion with a coalition.

Castro and Cuba must be shitting a brick right now.


7 posted on 01/23/2019 10:45:35 AM PST by wildcard_redneck
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To: Jagermonster

Dude will be in jail by night if he isn’t already. Brave guy


8 posted on 01/23/2019 10:45:58 AM PST by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: Jagermonster

Obama was happy to turn over South America to China...
Tromp not so much.


9 posted on 01/23/2019 10:46:04 AM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans
Dude will be in jail by night if he isn’t already. Brave guy

I don't know about that. I think he's become high-profile enough to be insulated against that. From another article on the topic:

Guaido, who is took the reins from a long list of better-known predecessors who have been exiled, outlawed or jailed, was dragged from an SUV just over a week ago by intelligence agents but was quickly released amid an international outcry.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3722270/posts

H/T to caww

10 posted on 01/23/2019 11:00:17 AM PST by Jagermonster (Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Luke 12:32)
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To: wildcard_redneck

Marxist Pope Frankie is probably pretty upset, too.


11 posted on 01/23/2019 11:01:44 AM PST by livius
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To: livius

The “Red”’ Pope and his purple priests will no longer be getting his regular deliveries of poor Venezuelan children to molest.


12 posted on 01/23/2019 11:08:17 AM PST by wildcard_redneck
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks Jagermonster. If the Partisan Media Shills try to start something over this, remind the brain-dead a-holes that Demwit presidents did the same thiing in the Caribbean and also supported the dictatorship in Venezuela each time they had the chance.

13 posted on 01/23/2019 11:57:25 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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