Juan Guaidó, the opposition leader once recognised by the west as Venezuela’s legitimate president, arrived in the US on Tuesday, strengthening the hand of authoritarian president Nicolás Maduro amid stalled political negotiations.
Guaidó, the most prominent member of Venezuela’s opposition, said on social media ahead of his departure that his family had been threatened. “Until we achieve free elections in Venezuela, we will continue fighting,” he said in a video posted on Twitter.
The opposition leader previously warned that his arrest was imminent. Guaidó is the subject of 27 investigations in Venezuela, according to Tarek William Saab, Venezuela’s attorney-general.
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