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I'm not sure why you're being downvoted. Guaidó is supported by both major political parties in the US but is not recognized as president of Venezuela by any me
by drewblaisdell 6y ago
I'm not sure why you're being downvoted. Guaidó is supported by both major political parties in the US but is not recognized as president of Venezuela by any members of the EU. The US has an abysmal track record of meddling in Latin American elections - who should we look to here?
- knowaveragejoe 6y agoErm, where are you getting this information? Most countries, if they've expressed a view on the issue, support Guaido, including essentially the entire EU: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Guaid%C3%B3#/media/File:Venezuela_president_recognition_map.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Guaid%C3%B3#/media/File:V...
- boomboomsubban 6y agoThough I can't say no member states recognize him, the sources on Wikipedia are largely tweets and I'm not sure how up to date they are, the EU as a whole has retracted their support for him as interim president. https://www.euronews.com/2021/01/07/eu-no-longer-recognises-juan-guaido-as-venezuela-s-interim-president https://www.euronews.com/2021/01/07/eu-no-longer-recognises-...
- drewblaisdell 6y agoYep. Also reported by Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-election-eu-idUSKBN29B2A9 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-election-eu-idU...
- knowaveragejoe 6y agoInteresting, I see why this news slipped by given the date. Edit: If I'm reading this correctly, the EU is not walking back their recognition here but rather updating it
- boomboomsubban 6y agoI don't know what the difference is, they don't recognize him currently even if they did in the past.
- knowaveragejoe 6y agoThe difference is that further elections & governmental procedure occurred in Venezuela and the EU is simply updating their recognition in light of that. They aren't timidly walking back their earlier recognition as if they were caught supporting the wrong guy.