New Venezuela parliament sworn in, U.S.-backed Guaido out Nicolás Maduro Moros is a Venezuelan politician who has been the President of Venezuela since assuming office in 2013. Photos: MGN Online
A new Venezuelan parliament has been sworn in, with President Nicolas Maduro’s Socialist Party consolidating control and U.S.-backed opposition figure Juan Guaido left without a job.
A total of 256 of the National Assembly’s 277 seats are now in the hands of Maduro’s United Socialist Party and its allies following the December 6, 2020 elections, which were boycotted by the Guaido-led opposition, who claimed fraud without evidence.
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CARACAS, Jan 6, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – A new Venezuelan parliament was sworn in Tuesday with President Nicolas Maduro’s party in firm control and opposition leader Juan Guaido officially without a job, but with foreign backing to keep up a parallel legislature.
The new assembly was denounced as “a fraudulently elected body” by outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who said in a statement Washington recognized Guaido as “the legitimate president of Venezuela”.
“We consider this group to be illegitimate and will not recognize it nor its pronouncements,” he said of the new parliament which was also rejected by Colombia, Brazil and Uruguay.
Venezuela: New Parliament Sworn in Published January 6th, 2021 - 10:28 GMT
The new Venezuelan parliament was sworn this Tuesday with President Nicolas Maduro s party now in almost complete control and Western-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido out in the political cold. Pedro Rances Mattey / AFP
A new Venezuelan parliament has been sworn in, with President Nicolas Maduro’s Socialist Party consolidating control and US-backed opposition figure Juan Guaido left without a job.
A total of 256 of the National Assembly’s 277 seats are now in the hands of Maduro’s United Socialist Party and its allies following the December 6, 2020 elections, which were boycotted by the Guaido-led opposition, who claimed fraud without evidence.