Tweets For Today

#UPDATE Venezuelan leader Nicolas #Maduro prepared to rally his military supporters Thursday as the US and key allies backed a challenge from his leading rival Juan #Guaido who declared himself "acting president" https://t.co/snV6tBOTCp pic.twitter.com/1S2Zrawri6

— AFP news agency (@AFP) January 24, 2019

Venezuela crisis: Russia condemns bid to 'usurp power' from Maduro https://t.co/EBdWpEhNSm

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 24, 2019

Countries supporting Juan Guaido as interim president:

🇺🇸USA
🇨🇦Canada
🇧🇷Brazil
🇵🇾Paraguay
🇨🇴Colombia
🇵🇪Peru
🇪🇨Ecador
🇨🇷Costa Rica
🇦🇷Argentina
🇨🇱Chile
🇬🇹Guatemala

Countries supporting current President Nicolás Maduro
🇲🇽Mexico
🇨🇺Cuba
🇧🇴Bolivia
🇹🇷Turkey#Venezuela

— Conflict News (@Conflicts) January 23, 2019

Iran arrested 7,000 in crackdown on dissent during 2018 - @amnesty https://t.co/Qwsh824s3d

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 24, 2019

#UPDATE Chinese-Australian author and democracy advocate Yang Hengjun has been detained on national security grounds, says Beijinghttps://t.co/pF7ldEeT4e pic.twitter.com/PZqCYvtfYE

— AFP news agency (@AFP) January 24, 2019

China says to have in-depth talks with U.S. on economic, trade issues https://t.co/sc1WZbPFph pic.twitter.com/X8T6nIgXIM

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) January 24, 2019