Venezuela’s Juan Guaidó Foresees ‘Peaceful and Constitutional’ Takeover
Opposition leader tells Journal he expects to gain $500 million in Maduro government assets frozen by U.S.
From the beginning of the Trump administration, critics have chided President Trump for not working more closely with allies. But right now the U.S. is working with allies in Venezuela. WSJ's Gerald F. Seib explains. Photo: Getty
CARACAS, Venezuela—Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who has been declared interim president by the National Assembly, said Monday that he expects that a combination of international and domestic pressure will force authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro from power.
“This is unprecedented in the world,” he said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. “I think the change is going to be peaceful and constitutional.”
Mr....