After upstaging Maduro, Venezuela's Guaido seeks to keep up pressure

Guaido won diplomatic backing from the United States and governments across Latin America on Wednesday after declaring himself interim president before an ebullient crowd of supporters, who thronged the streets of Caracas in hopes of change. The 35-year-old industrial engineer, catapulted almost overnight to national leader, has promised free and fair elections, a transition government to end the country's hyperinflationary economic debacle, and an amnesty for military officers if they help push Maduro from power. "While it's true that Guaido has been recognized internationally, the real power of the state is still in the hands of Nicolas Maduro," said Ronal Rodriguez, a political science professor who focuses on Venezuela at Rosario University in Bogota.

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