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US President Donald Trump is considering recognizing Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s real president, following his offer to step in as a temporary replacement for President Nicolas Maduro on Friday.
Three sources familiar with the matter told CNN that Trump is weighing the move in a bid to put more pressure on Maduro, who was sworn in for a second term last week after a May election that most outside observers have decried as a farce. Trump is also mulling even harsher sanctions, including a full-fledged embargo on Venezuelan oil, CNN said.
On Friday, Venezuelan National Assembly President Juan Guaido reminded a crowd of supporters that his country’s constitution gives him the right to step in for the president and call for fresh elections and vowed to do just that if he can secure the support of the public, the armed forces and the international community, the Associated Press reported.
Briefly detained by Venezuelan intelligence agents before the rally, Guaido called for nationwide demonstrations against Maduro on Jan. 23 – the anniversary of the mass uprising that ousted dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez in 1958.
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