Last Updated: December 31, 2022, 07:02 IST
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido’s interim government has been dissolved (Image: Reuters)
The announcement brings some relief for leftist leader Nicolas Maduro who has been accused of shattering Venezuela’s economy
The Venezuelan opposition on Friday dissolved the “interim government” led by Juan Guaido, once the popular and internationally recognized face of the drive to oust leftist leader Nicolas Maduro.
The vote came in the opposition-controlled National Assembly, a body elected in 2015 and now largely symbolic as it was replaced by a legislature loyal to Maduro.
The tally was 72 in favor of dissolving the interim government, 29 against and eight abstentions.
Almost four years ago, in January 2019, Guaido won the recognition of more than 50 nations including the United States as the legitimate albeit acting leader of Venezuela, after widely disputed presidential elections that kept Maduro in power.
But while the opposition holds…