Commentaries And Analysis On The Crisis In Venezuela

Uta Thofern, DW: Venezuela at a crossroads

With broad international support, opposition leader Juan Guaido, has declared himself president. How this risky undertaking will end is completely open, writes DW's Uta Thofern.

In the world's poorest rich country, anything is now possible. A second fall of the Berlin Wall. Another "Arab spring" with all the familiar consequences. A bloodbath. Or the audacious young speaker of parliament Juan Guaido's arrest, an end to the demonstrations and a relapse into the distressing resignation of recent months.

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Commentaries And Analysis On The Crisis In Venezuela

Venezuela crisis: what happens now after two men have claimed to be president? -- Tom Phillips, The Guardian
Guaido versus Maduro - Who backs Venezuela's two presidents? -- Reuters
Venezuela: After a day of turmoil, what is expected next? -- Elizabeth Melimopoulos, Al Jazeera
Venezuela crisis: How the political situation escalated -- BBC
Venezuela’s leadership crisis ‘cannot be ignored’ as world picks whether to back Maduro or support opponent Guiado -- Lucia I. Suarez Sang , Fox News
Why the new protests in Venezuela are different -- Washington Post
Trump Recognizes Maduro Opponent As Venezuelan President -- Curt Mills, National Interest
Why has Donald Trump recognised Venezuela's Opposition Leader Juan Guaido as interim president? -- ABC News Online
Trump makes the right decision for Venezuela -- Bloomberg
Venezuela crisis: Familiar geopolitical sides take shape -- Nataliya Vasilyeva, AP
Venezuela: Juan Guaido’s rise from obscurity to self-declared interim president is meteoric but risky -- Fabiola Sanchez and Scott Smith, Independent
Venezuela’s Guaido leaps from back-bench to center stage -- AP
The story behind Venezuela's self-declared interim president -- Mohammed Jamjoom, Al Jazeera
Venezuela crisis: Who is parliament leader Juan Guaidó? -- BBC
Venezuela: who is Juan Guaidó, the man who declared himself president? -- Joe Parkin Daniels, The Guardian
Venezuela crisis: Key players and institutions -- Chase Winter, DW