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demmiblue

(36,751 posts)
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 02:46 PM Jan 2019

Trump considering recognizing Venezuelan opposition leader as legitimate President

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump is considering recognizing Venezuela's opposition leader as the legitimate president of the country, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN, a significant move that would increase pressure on Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro.

Trump is weighing recognizing the country's National Assembly President Juan Guaido as the legitimate Venezuelan leader after Maduro, a socialist authoritarian who has presided over Venezuela's political and economic crisis, was sworn in last week for a second term.

The Venezuelan opposition, the United States and dozens of other countries have decried Maduro's presidency illegitimate and the country's constitution says a presidential vacancy can be filled by the president of the National Assembly.

National Security Council spokesman Garrett Marquis declined to confirm that Trump is weighing this step, but said the US has "expressed its support for Juan Guaido, who as President of the democratically-elected National Assembly has courageously declared his constitutional authority to invoke Article 233 and call for free and fair elections."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/15/politics/trump-juan-guaido-venezuela/index.html?utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2019-01-15T17%3A40%3A05&utm_term=image&utm_medium=social

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Trump considering recognizing Venezuelan opposition leader as legitimate President (Original Post) demmiblue Jan 2019 OP
A good thing. Leaders need to be elected by the people and they get elected by having more votes ck4829 Jan 2019 #1
Does that mean we can recognize Hillary as legitimate president? n/t durablend Jan 2019 #2
When does this nightmare end? Botany Jan 2019 #3
He wouldn't know a legitimate president BHDem53 Jan 2019 #4

ck4829

(34,977 posts)
1. A good thing. Leaders need to be elected by the people and they get elected by having more votes
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 02:55 PM
Jan 2019

What kind of crazy totalitarian system is Venezuela run by anyway where the person who doesn't get the most votes still becomes their leader, right?

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