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EU no longer acknowledges Venezuela's Guaido as interim president

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The European Union can no longer legally recognise Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country's legitimate head of state after he lost his position as head of parliament, the bloc's 27 governments said on Wednesday.

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido attends a session of Venezuela's National Assembly at a public park in Caracas, Venezuela December 15, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero

Guaido is still seen by the United States and Britain as Venezuela’s rightful leader following the disputed 2018 re-election of President Nicolas Maduro, and two EU diplomats stressed the EU still did not recognise Maduro as president. But EU governments referred to Guaido as one of the “representatives of the outgoing National Assembly”, in the statement, which denounced a Dec. 6 parliamentary election that many countries say was rigged. The new assembly, now controlled by Maduro supporters, began work on Wednesday.

 

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