Venezuela's Moribund Opposition Stirs With Lawmaker's Emergence
- Guaido pushes plan to assume presidency in authoritarian state
- He has won the attention of citizens and secret police alike
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Rallying around a little-known lawmaker, Venezuela’s opposition is stirring for the first time since President Nicolas Maduro crushed mass protests more than a year ago.
For months, citizens ravaged by hunger have ignored calls to protest what the U.S. and many other countries have called a rigged election. Now, a trickle of supporters comes to hear Juan Guaido, 35, the new head of the defanged National Assembly, explain how an abstract constitutional provision could make him acting president.