2019 retrospective: the challenge in the world

2020-01-01T17:18:29.731Z

In January 2019, the Venezuelan opponent Juan Guaido proclaims himself interim president, demanding the departure of Nicolas Maduro whose reelection he contests, in a country plagued by economic collapse and a serious migration crisis. Supported by the army, Nicolas Maduro remains in office. The year 2019 begins with a wind of contestation in Venezuela that will spread throughout South America to the Middle East, via Hong Kong.Aerial view of the Tienditas bridge, on the border between Cucuta in Colombia and Tachira in Venezuela, after the Venezuelan military forces blocked it with containers to stop the exodus of the population, on February 6, 2019.Creation: Olivier JUSZCZAK