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		</div><p>President Donald Trump has said the US is recognizing the president of Venezuela’s opposition-led National Assembly as the country’s interim president.</p>
<p>The Trump administration has been moving toward such a declaration of support for Juan Guaido ever since Nicolas Maduro was sworn in for a contested second term two weeks ago.</p>
<p>Mr Guaido declared himself the interim president before thousands of cheering supporters on Wednesday.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">President <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> has officially recognized the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaido, as the Interim President of Venezuela.</p>
<p>&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1088136422320689152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>US Vice President Mike Pence this week said Mr Maduro is a dictator who did not win the presidency in free and fair elections.</p>
<p>Mr Trump said in Wednesday’s statement that Venezuelans have “courageously spoken” against Mr Maduro and for freedom and the rule of law.</p>
<p>Venezuelans are marching in the streets to demand that Mr Maduro step down, citing spiralling inflation, a shortage of basic goods and a migration crisis that is dividing families.</p>
<p>Large crowds of protesters gathered in Caracas waving flags and chanting <em>“Get out Maduro!”</em> in what was shaping up to be the largest demonstration since a wave of unrest that left more than 120 dead in 2017.</p>
<p><em>“Venezuela is reborn on the streets today, searching for freedom and democracy,”</em> Mr Guaido, the 35-year-old opposition leader who has sprung into the limelight since taking the helm of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, declared on Twitter.</p>
<p>Pro-government demonstrators dressed in red in support of Mr Maduro were also marching in the capital, at times crossing paths with opposition protesters and shouting “sell-outs” and “traitors”.</p>
<p>National guardsmen launched tear gas at anti-government protesters in the middle-class neighborhood of El Paraiso but for the most part the marches continued without conflict.</p>
<p><em>“Join us!”</em> the protesters cried out to a line of officers wearing helmets and carrying shields.</p>
<p><em>“You are also living this crisis!”</em></p>
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