Nicolás Maduro assumed the role of President after the March 5th 2013 death of Hugo Chavez and he was narrowly voted in via democratic elections on April 14th 2013. Since his election the situation in Venezuela has declined to such a degree that reports of miles-long lines to purchase bare necessities such as toilet paper and flour, citizens sifting through trash for food, even sightings of people killing their pets and zoo animals for sustenance have become common. Given these reports, it’s understandable that the people would rise up in protest eventually, and it looks as though that’s happening full on today with the announcement of a new/interim president, 35 year-old Juan Guaidó
President Trump has recognized the interim president publicly in a tweet; ~~~ embed:1088146315979251717 and calls on other westerners to follow suit. twitter metadata:cmVhbERvbmFsZFRydW1wfHxodHRwczovL3R3aXR0ZXIuY29tL3JlYWxEb25hbGRUcnVtcC9zdGF0dXMvMTA4ODE0NjMxNTk3OTI1MTcxNyBhbmQgY2FsbHMgb24gb3RoZXIgd2VzdGVybmVycyB0byBmb2xsb3cgc3VpdC58 ~~~
Following this recognition, Maduro has stated that he is breaking ties with the US and given American diplomats located there 72 hours to leave the country.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/23/venezuela-president-maduro-breaks-relations-with-us-gives-american-diplomats-72-hours-to-leave-country.html
This situation is very reminiscent of our history with Honduras, when a ‘coup’ went unrecognized by then secretary of state Hillary Clinton, allowing American funding to continue to the new, unelected government which arguably led to the caravans of immigrants America is in the midst of processing today.
It’s worth asking whether we’ve been given the full scope of what’s been happening in Venezuela, why President Trump is so quick to publicly recognize this new, unelected interim president, and what possible repercussions will follow that validation. As important, what do we know of the man who has inserted himself as the new President of Venezuela?
https://kpic.com/news/nation-world/venezuelas-guaido-declares-himself-president-amid-protests
It’s also worth watching an interesting video on other possible reasons why Venezuela ended up in such turmoil, leading to the ousting of it’s leader without a democratic election. This one raises some very interesting issues to consider:
Really Graceful on Venezuela 6/27/2017
**Although it’s not all that great, I did a little thing on Honduras before the caravans arrived, and it has some relevant links on the coup there, our reaction, and the possible reasons for the immigration issues we’re experiencing today in America.
P.S. A piece on Juan Guaidó***
https://www.newsweek.com/juan-guaido-trump-recognizes-venezuela-president-1302318
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Great post Shoni! My first thought upon hearing about Venezuela is that the US will be getting even more influx of migrants. I've known some Germans that traveled to Venezuela, who've said the people are welcoming and hospitable, in one of the poorest countries in the world.
I hardly have knowledge in this area of countries in South America, so Grace's video helped a lot too.
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