CARACAS: Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido reappeared in the street in videos distributed Saturday (Sunday in Manila) by his team and parliamentary allies, after foreign minister Jorge Arreaza claimed he had taken refuge in the French embassy in Caracas.
Venezuela’s National Assembly head Juan Guaido shouts as he speaks to the crowd during a mass opposition rally against leader Nicolas Maduro in which he declared himself the country’s 'acting president,' on the anniversary of a 1958 uprising that overthrew a military dictatorship, in Caracas on Jan. 23, 2019. 'I swear to formally assume the national executive powers as acting president of Venezuela to end the usurpation, [install] a transitional government and hold free elections,' said Guaido as thousands of supporters cheered. Moments earlier, the loyalist-dominated Supreme Court ordered a criminal investigation of the opposition-controlled legislature. AFP PHOTO