Venezuela’s Guaido to Meet Trump at White House Today
- Opposition leader attended State of Union speech previous day
- Visit signals Trump is renewing support to depose Maduro
This article is for subscribers only.
Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido will meet with Donald Trump at the White House Wednesday, a further signal of renewed support from the U.S. president for his bid to depose authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro.
Guaido was a surprise White House guest at Trump’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday, where the president called him Venezuela’s “legitimate president.” The leaders will discuss at the meeting Wednesday how to expedite a democratic transition in Venezuela to end the ongoing crisis, the White House said in a statement.