Juan Guaido Venezuelas self-proclaimed president says a staggered industrial action would start Thursday leading to a general strike The strike i
Juan Guaido, Venezuela’s self-proclaimed president, says a staggered industrial action would start Thursday, leading to a general strike.
The strike is the latest strategy in his effort to force President Nicolas Maduro out of power through a popular uprising. Two days of rallies in the streets of Caracas have led to violent clashes between Guaido’s supporters and Venezuelan forces, but the military’s top officers have yet to heed Guaido’s call to defect from Maduro.
Millions of Venezuelans fed up with out-of-control inflation, severe food and fuel shortages, a lack of medical care, and periodic blackouts have fled the country.
As head of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, Guaido used the constitution to declare Nicolas Maduro’s presidency illegitimate, saying his election in December was a fraud. He has been recognized by the United States and more than 50 other nations as Venezuelas rightful president.
Maduro is accusing Guaido of trying to carry out a U.
