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China and Russia, or the US and the EU: who is backing whom in the Venezuela political crisis?
- The world’s biggest military powers are split on either side of the Venezuelan political crisis, as the opposition continues to try to remove President Maduro
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Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido is attempting to oust socialist President Nicolas Maduro. In January he invoked the constitution to assume an interim presidency, arguing that Maduro’s re-election in 2018 was illegitimate.
On Tuesday Guaido made his strongest call yet to the military to help him, and violence broke out at anti-government protests as the country hit a new crisis point after years of political and economic chaos. More protests are planned for Wednesday.
Here is a list of who supports whom in the OPEC member country’s escalating crisis:
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Maduro supporters
● The top brass of Venezuela’s military has shown no sign of leaving Maduro’s side, although there have been some low-level defections. Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino said on Tuesday that the armed forces would continue to defend the constitution and “legitimate authorities” and that bases were operating as normal.
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