France and Britain are the latest countries Thursday to throw their weight behind the popular street protests seeking to force Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro to step aside, dubbing the embattled Latin American ruler “illegitimate.”
As hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans protested in their bid to oust Maduro — in scenes reminiscent of the popular uprising in Ukraine in 2014 that toppled a pro-Moscow ruler — France’s Emmanuel Macron tweeted his support, saying he “welcomes the courage of the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who march for their freedom.”
Venezuelan opposition leader and head of the country’s National Assembly Juan Guaido declared himself …read more
Source: Voice of America
