Trump to be ‘president’ of Venezuela aided by his defence and foreign ministry as US ‘fixes’ Latin America oil industry
At the same time, María Corina Machado, considered the main leader of the opposition to Maduro and Hugo Chávez and recent winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, issued a statement in which she said that opposition party figure Edmundo González Urrutia must immediately assume the presidency of the country.
US raises red flag over Venezuelan poll as President Maduro warns results will be defended by army and police
Maduro – whose 2018 re-election is considered fraudulent by the United States, among others – had warned last week of a “bloodbath” if he were to lose.