The Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a meeting said that he will defeat a “crazed minority”, pointing the self proclaimed Venezuelan leader Juan Guido and his supporters. Juan Guaido had defied him by returning home on Monday and this was reported as Maduro’s first public comment after that.

Maduro said that he will be organising an “anti-imperialist” demonstrations on Mar 9. An opposition march had been announced by Guaido on this same date.

Elliott Abrams, The US envoy for Venezuela said it was hard to see a role for Mr Maduro in future democratic elections. “If he wanted to build a democratic Venezuela, he had the opportunity to do so, but he did not” said Elliott Abrams.

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