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Maduro has been described as a "dictator", and an Organization of American States (OAS) report determined that [[crimes against humanity]] have been committed during his presidency. Maduro allies including China, Cuba, Russia, Iran, Turkey, and Serbia support and denounce what they call interference in Venezuela's domestic affairs. AP News reported that "familiar geopolitical sides" had formed in the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis, with allies Russia, China, Iran, Syria, Cuba, Bolivia, Turkey, and Serbia supporting Maduro, and the US, Canada, the rest of South America, European Union, Israel, South Korea, Japan, and Australia supporting Guaidó as interim president. Amid widespread condemnation, President Maduro was sworn in on January 10<sup>th</sup>, 2019, and the President of the National Assembly, Guaidó, was declared the interim President by that body on January 23<sup>rd</sup>, 2019. Maduro's government states that the crisis is a "coup d'état led by the United States to topple him and control the country's oil reserves." Guaidó denies the coup allegations, saying peaceful volunteers back his movement. He is also friends with other authoritarian leaders like [[Daniel Ortega]], [[Vladimir Putin]], [[Xi Jinping]], [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]], [[Bashar al-Assad]], [[Kim Jong-un]], [[Alexander Lukashenko]], and [[Aleksandar Vučić|Aleksandar Vučić.]] However, not all authoritarian leaders are friends with him as he is enemies with [[Jair Bolsonaro]], [[Viktor Orbán]], and [[Benjamin Netanyahu]]. | Maduro has been described as a "dictator", and an Organization of American States (OAS) report determined that [[crimes against humanity]] have been committed during his presidency. Maduro allies including China, Cuba, Russia, Iran, Turkey, and Serbia support and denounce what they call interference in Venezuela's domestic affairs. AP News reported that "familiar geopolitical sides" had formed in the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis, with allies Russia, China, Iran, Syria, Cuba, Bolivia, Turkey, and Serbia supporting Maduro, and the US, Canada, the rest of South America, European Union, Israel, South Korea, Japan, and Australia supporting Guaidó as interim president. Amid widespread condemnation, President Maduro was sworn in on January 10<sup>th</sup>, 2019, and the President of the National Assembly, Guaidó, was declared the interim President by that body on January 23<sup>rd</sup>, 2019. Maduro's government states that the crisis is a "coup d'état led by the United States to topple him and control the country's oil reserves." Guaidó denies the coup allegations, saying peaceful volunteers back his movement. He is also friends with other authoritarian leaders like [[Daniel Ortega]], [[Vladimir Putin]], [[Xi Jinping]], [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]], [[Bashar al-Assad]], [[Kim Jong-un]], [[Alexander Lukashenko]], and [[Aleksandar Vučić|Aleksandar Vučić.]] However, not all authoritarian leaders are friends with him as he is enemies with [[Jair Bolsonaro]], [[Viktor Orbán]], and [[Benjamin Netanyahu]]. | ||
===Human rights abuses=== | ===Human rights abuses=== | ||
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This false electoral system culminated in the presidential elections of May 20, 2018. With most of the opposition figures arrested, exiled or with the prohibition of running for elections, Maduro faced a field of weakened candidates in a rigged election. To boost pro-Maduro participation, the regime bribed controls with food and other subsidies that desperately needed a change in their votes. | This false electoral system culminated in the presidential elections of May 20, 2018. With most of the opposition figures arrested, exiled or with the prohibition of running for elections, Maduro faced a field of weakened candidates in a rigged election. To boost pro-Maduro participation, the regime bribed controls with food and other subsidies that desperately needed a change in their votes. | ||
On January 10, 2019, Maduro illegally assumed the presidency in an illegitimate ceremony by many Venezuelans and more than 50 countries, including most of Venezuela's neighbors and the majority of the European Union. | On January 10, 2019, Maduro illegally assumed the presidency in an illegitimate ceremony by many Venezuelans and more than 50 countries, including most of Venezuela's neighbors and the majority of the European Union. | ||
In this context, Juan Guaidó, elected on January 5, 2019, as President of the National Assembly, the only legitimate and democratically elected institution remaining in the country, invoked relevant articles of the Venezuelan constitution and will be seen as Interim President of Venezuela . | In this context, Juan Guaidó, elected on January 5, 2019, as President of the National Assembly, the only legitimate and democratically elected institution remaining in the country, invoked relevant articles of the Venezuelan constitution and will be seen as Interim President of Venezuela. | ||
[[File:Protester with riot shield Venezuela 2014.jpg|thumb|347x347px]] | [[File:Protester with riot shield Venezuela 2014.jpg|thumb|347x347px]] | ||
===Corruption=== | ===Corruption=== | ||