Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó was attacked by an angry mob on Saturday. Guaidó, who is recognized by Washington and Brussels as head of state of Venezuela instead of incumbent President Nicolás Maduro, was attacked during a political rally in the city of San Carlos with activists and other members of opposition parties. Video footage posted on social media shows a group of people yelling at Guaidó, pushing out of a restaurant and throwing chairs and other items at him.
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According to Guaidó, the angry mob was politically supportive of President Maduro. “It was an ambush,” he said in a whisper video which he posted on Instagram on Sunday. The 38-year-old opposition leader blames regional leaders of Venezuela’s ruling United Socialist Party. According to him, they lead the “small violent groups”, reports AFP news agency.
Also according to opposition politician Freddy Guevara, it would not be “ordinary angry Venezuelans”, but a mob sent “by the regime”, report Venezuelan media† It is unknown if bystanders were injured on Saturday.
Guaidó declared himself interim president of Venezuela in 2019 after Maduro’s controversial election win. He was officially supported and recognized as a leader by more than fifty drawers, including the United States. In the country itself, political power has been with Maduro since 2013. Maduro says Guaidó is conspiring with the US to illegally impeach him.
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