Venezuela is preparing to experience a political year 2021 that is even more confused than the previous two, as the standoff continues between President Nicolás Maduro and his rival supported by a large part of the international community, Juan Guaido.
President of a National Assembly dominated by the opposition since 2015, Juan Guaido proclaimed himself interim president of the republic in January 2019, not recognizing the May 2018 election, which had appointed Nicolás Maduro for six years at the head of State.
Guaido nurtured a hope for change for a few months in a population desperate by the serious political, social and economic crisis that relegated the once richest country in Latin America to the rank of the poorest country in the region, just after Haiti. .
The calamitous management by the Chavist power since 1999 is largely responsible for a situation that international sanctions have only made worse.
The battle of the mandates
Juan Guaido was recognized as a leader
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