The Venezuelan opposition on Friday withdrew its support for interim president Juan Guaidó. Report that international news agencies. Three of the South American country’s four main opposition parties have agreed to oust 39-year-old Guaidó and replace him with a commission to oversee presidential elections due in 2024.
Guaidó declared himself interim president of Venezuela in 2019 after a controversial election win by incumbent President Nicolás Maduro. He was officially supported and recognized as a leader by more than fifty countries, including the United States. In the country itself, political power has been with Maduro since 2013.
After the vote, Guaidó said withdrawing his support creates a “power vacuum” and could encourage more foreign nations to recognize Maduro’s government. “If there is no caretaker government, who will they recognize in her place,” he said. “Today we jumped into the abyss. And an important tool in our struggle has been given up.”
According to Guaidó’s opponents, new ways to connect with voters must be found. The caretaker government has no control over local institutions and is unable to provide basic services. According to some Venezuelans, Guaidó’s interim government is therefore a ‘fake government’.
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