During the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis , AP News reported that "familiar geopolitical sides" had formed, with allies Russia, China, Iran, Turkey, Syria, and Cuba supporting Maduro , and the US, Canada, and most of Western Europe supporting Juan Guaidó as interim president.[1] [2] Amid widespread condemnation,[3] [4] [5] President Maduro was sworn in on 10 January 2019, and the President of the National Assembly , Guaidó, was declared the interim President by that body on 23 January 2019.[6] [7] Intervention by the United States in Venezuela was criticized by allies of Nicolás Maduro and political figures from the left spectrum;[8] Maduro's government stated that the crisis was a "coup d'état led by the United States to topple him and control the country's oil reserves ."[9] [10] [11] Guaidó denied the coup allegations, saying peaceful volunteers backed his movement.[12] [13]
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