- Title: Venezuela opposition removes interim President Guaido
- Date: 31st December 2022
- Summary: CARACAS, VENEZUELA (FILE – JANUARY 5, 2020) (REUTERS) NATIONAL GUARD BLOCKING PATH OF OPPOSITION LEADER, JUAN GUAIDO, TO NATIONAL CONGRESS CARACAS, VENEZUELA (FILE – JANUARY 7, 2020) (REUTERS) GUAIDO OUTSIDE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY YELLING AT NATIONAL GUARD GUAIDO FIGHTING WITH NATIONAL GUARD HILE SURROUNDED BY CROWDS
- Embargoed: 14th January 2023 04:15
- Keywords: Juan Guaido Venezuela interim government national assembly opposition ousting
- Location: CARACAS, VENEZUELA
- City: CARACAS, VENEZUELA
- Country: Venezuela
- Topics: South America / Central America,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001966131122022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Venezuela's opposition national assembly voted on Friday (December 30) to remove interim President Juan Guaido, dissolve his government and appoint a commission to govern the country's foreign assets, as lawmakers seek a united front ahead of elections slated for 2024.
Three of four major opposition groups - Justice First, Democratic Action and A New Era - backed the bill to oust Guaido and create the five-member commission to manage foreign assets, especially U.S.-based refiner Citgo, a subsidiary of state-owned oil company PDVSA.
“Although we had a parliamentary defeat today, we want to turn this into a political victory that unites all Venezuelans in 2023,†said Guaido, addressing the national assembly via zoom.
Guaido has been the public face of Venezuela's fractious opposition since 2019, when he invoked the constitution to assume an interim presidency, garnering backing from the United States and other governments who reject the 2018 re-election of President Nicolas Maduro as fraudulent.
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