WILLEMSTAD – The Venezuelans on the island also joined their compatriots in their mother country voicing their disaffection with the Nicolas Maduro regime that has plagued the South American country with crisis for years now.

Today the opposition leader and President of the only elected institution of the country, Juan Guaido proclaimed himself Interim President of Venezuela. Guaido a few days ago announced that he will do this and asked the Venezuelan people to come out and support him. This they did.

Here in Curaçao, together with 200 other countries, the Venezuelans showed their support for Guaido.

There is no trustworthy news coming out of Venezuela and there is no information on the whereabouts of the interim president. There are reports that Maduro ordered his arrest and that he is now in the Colombian Embassy. This has not been confirmed yet.

Several countries, including the United States, have already recognized Guaido as the legitimate President of Venezuela. We are still waiting on the Netherlands to declare if they will do the same.

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