Venezuela's Guaido calls for more protests against Maduro
Juan Guaido
Venezuelan opposition leader JuanGuaidoon Saturday called formoreprotestsagainstthe government of President NicolasMaduroin the wake of a failed attempt by the ruling Socialist Party to install allied leadership in congress.
Guaidoheld his first rally since troops six days ago blocked his access to congress long enough for the Socialist Party to declare an allied legislator as head of parliament.
Opposition legislators in a separate session on January5 re-elected him anyway, and they later returned to the legislative palace to hold session.
"We have to go into the streets to protest and make demands, we have to push together,"Guaidosaid on Saturday at a sparsely attended rally in the Montalban neighbourhood of western Caracas that brought out several hundred people.
"Nobody can stay in their house. Nobody can kneel before the dictatorship."
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Guaido, who has been recognised bymorethan 50 countries asVenezuela'slegitimate president, has since November sought to revive the groundswell mobilizations of early 2019 that galvanized the opposition.
But rallies have consistently been smaller than last year, with many Venezuelans expressing weariness with the ongoing political standoff and frustration thatMaduroremains in power despite an economic crisis and USsanctions.
Guaidohad called on supporters on Tuesday to march to the headquarters of parliament to hold session, but Socialist Party leaders on Saturday called in sympathizers to surround Congress.
[ JuanGuaido sharing his views with supporters duringcitizen assembly in Caracas, Venezuela (Courtesy: Reuters) ]
At Saturday's rally,Guaidonoted that congress can hold session where and when it chooses, signalling he may avoid a confrontation. After being blocked from congress, legislators held session at the headquarters of opposition-linked newspaper El Nacional.
The two sides in 2019 participated in talks brokered by Norway that were meant to ease the political deadlock, but the opposition walked away from the meetings because it contended the government was using them to buy time.