Juan Guaido to visit Brazil in bid to keep pressure on Maduro

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido was to visit Brazil on Wednesday night to meet with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Guido plans this as a part of tour to various nations intended to ratchet up international pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to step down.

Guido had declared himself as the country’s interim president last month. He has been recognized by most Western nations – including Brazil – as Venezuela’s leader.

Guaido will be traveling to Brasilia for a two-day visit from Bogota. He had attended a meeting there with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and the regional Lima group regarding how to resolve the political and economic crisis in Venezuela.

It is reported that after today’s meeting at 2.00 pm (1700 GMT), Guido will be organising a news conference.

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