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The opponent of the Maduro regime, Juan Guaido, whom many Western countries have recognized as Venezuela's legitimate president, addresses his supporters on 22 March 2019 in El Tigre, Anzoátegui State (north-east). from the country). REUTERS / Carlos Jasso

Two months ago to the day, January 23, Juan Guaido, president of the Venezuelan National Assembly but unknown to the international community, proclaimed himself acting president. Two months later, what can we draw from these two months of internal struggle to try to bring down a regime?

This Wednesday, January 23, just two months ago, Juan Guaido became world famous . While he had held the position of President of the Venezuelan National Assembly for a few days, he had received the approval of his peers to proclaim himself interim President of Venezuela.

Judging the election of Nicolas Maduro in 2018 illegal and fraudulent, this young Venezuelan politician, married and father of a little girl, became in the space of a few minutes one of the characters whose name was going to be the most quoted on social networks.

After taking an oath in front of a cheering crowd in Caracas, the United States and a volley of other heavyweights from the international community , like France, recognized him as the legitimate president of Venezuela. The result was an unprecedented media campaign with initial calls to members of the armed forces to join him.

Maduro has held on

Faced with sanitary, food and medical distress, Juan Guaido, with the help of the White House and Colombia set up the arrival of humanitarian aid. But it will never cross the border, closed by the government of Nicolas Maduro . The latter does not falter, despite international pressure, financial sanctions and the economic blockade put in place by the United States.

On the contrary, Nicolas Maduro took the opportunity to seal new agreements with Russia, his unwavering partner . China, another ally of weight of the Chavan regime, also comes to his rescue. But since Venezuela has been plunged into darkness and without water for nearly five days. And the situation on site is deteriorating at high speed. The fault of American sanctions and the limited resources of a state that can not even produce even a million barrels a day.

Two months of crisis in which neither Juan Guaido nor Nicolas Maduro have managed to reach their goal, to be the one and only president of Venezuela.