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Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, "said...that the Trump
Administration will continue recognizing lawmaker Juan Guaido as the nation's interim president
even if President Nicolas Maduro's government ousts the opposition ... view the constitutional president of
Venezuela today and after Jan. 5, 2021 is Juan Guaido."
Reuters (8/4, Zengerle, Spetalnick) reports that Abrams "insisted the US 'will not recognize
this fraudulent ... said it was in discussions with the roughly 60 countries that have
backed Guaido and they would stick with him." They withdrew recognition "for Maduro after his
2018 re-election
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00160705.pdf