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| conflict    = 2019 Venezuelan Presidential crisis
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| partof      = [[Crisis in Venezuela]]
| date        = 10 January 2019 – present
| place       = [[Venezuela]]
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*[[File:Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (Venezuela) logo.png|25px]] [[Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Venezuela)|Supreme Tribunal of Justice]]
*[[File:CNE logo.svg|25px]] [[National Electoral Council (Venezuela)|National Electoral Council]]
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* [[File:Logo Asamblea Nacional.svg|20px]] [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|National Assembly]]
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Between 2019 and 2023 [[Venezuela]] experienced a Presidential crisis, with unclear leadership and terms of [[President of Venezuela|Presidency]].

Despite encouragement to resign as president when his first term expired on 10 January 2019, [[Nicolás Maduro]] [[Inauguration|inaugurated]] himself. This resulted in widespread condemnation. The [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|National Assembly]] invoked a [[State of emergency]]. Nations removed their [[embassies]] from Venezuela. With their belief that his election was [[illegitimate]], they claimed that by retaking power, Maduro was converting Venezuela into an illegal ''[[de facto]]'' [[dictatorship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics/venezuelas-maduro-starts-new-term-as-u-s-decries-him-as-usurper-idUSKCN1P40DH?il=0|website=Reuters|title=Venezuela's Maduro starts new term, as US describes him as "usurper"|access-date=10 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/mundo/alemania-apoya-para-que-asuma-poder_265634|title=Alemania apoya para que asuma poder|trans-title=Germany supports Assembly taking power off Maduro|website=El Nacional|access-date=10 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/peru-paraguay-recall-diplomats-maduro-inauguration-190110180310100.html|title=Peru, Paraguay, etc. recall diplomats after Maduro inauguration|website=Al Jazeera|access-date=10 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/noticias/_an-se-declara-en-emergencia-ante-la-usurpacion-de-nicolas-maduro-en-el-cargo-de-la-presidencia-de-la|title=National Assembly declares State of Emergency with the usurpation of Maduro as President|website=Asamblea Nacional|access-date=10 January 2019|archive-date=11 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111021840/http://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/noticias/_an-se-declara-en-emergencia-ante-la-usurpacion-de-nicolas-maduro-en-el-cargo-de-la-presidencia-de-la|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Venezuela president recognition map.svg|400px|right|thumb|Map of what countries recognize as the Venezuelan government.
{{legend|#000000|Venezuela}}
{{legend|#535D6C|Neutral}}
{{legend|#E0E0E0|No statement}}
{{legend|blue|Recognize Guaidó}}
{{legend|#5599FF|Support [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|National Assembly]]}}
{{legend|#ff0000|Recognize Maduro}}]]
[[Juan Guaidó]], the newly appointed [[President of the National Assembly of Venezuela]], began motions to form a [[transitional government]] as soon as he took the National Assembly role on 5 January 2019. Whether Maduro took office on the 10th or not, the country would not have a legitimately elected president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/noticias/_asamblea-nacional-arranca-proceso-para-ley-de-transicion|title=Asamblea Nacional arranca proceso para Ley de Transicion|access-date=10 January 2019|archive-date=9 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109052303/http://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/noticias/_asamblea-nacional-arranca-proceso-para-ley-de-transicion|url-status=dead}}</ref> On behalf of the National Assembly, he became one of the first to denounce Maduro taking office, saying that the country had fallen into a ''[[de facto]]'' dictatorship and had no leader,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/f1df9924783f49859874f5fc97f0f534|title=Isolation greets Maduro's new term as Venezuela's president|last=Smith|first=Scott|date=2019-01-10|website=AP NEWS|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref> and that they were in a state of emergency.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/noticias/_an-se-declara-en-emergencia-ante-la-usurpacion-de-nicolas-maduro-en-el-cargo-de-la-presidencia-de-la|title="AN se declara en emergencia ante la usurpación de Nicolás Maduro en el cargo de la Presidencia de la República"|website=www.asambleanacional.gob.ve|access-date=10 January 2019|archive-date=11 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111021840/http://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/noticias/_an-se-declara-en-emergencia-ante-la-usurpacion-de-nicolas-maduro-en-el-cargo-de-la-presidencia-de-la|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Maduro's government said that the crisis was a "''[[coup d'état]]'' led by the United States to remove him from power and control the country's oil reserves."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.presidencia.gob.ve/Site/Web/Principal/paginas/classMostrarEvento3.php?id_evento=12708|title=WEB MPPDPSGG (Noticia)|website=www.presidencia.gob.ve|access-date=2019-03-02|archive-date=2019-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131040106/http://www.presidencia.gob.ve/Site/Web/Principal/paginas/classMostrarEvento3.php?id_evento=12708|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:2019 in South America]]
[[Category:January 2019 events]]
[[Category:21st century in Venezuela]]
[[Category:Politics of Venezuela]]

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