Quotes about Nicolás Maduro

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Latin America veers far more wildly from the extreme left to the extreme right than the West does, but it's not the Middle East. Every Latin American country so far except Cuba has reverted to democratic rule after a period of dictatorship. One way or another, Venezuela will get there eventually. Maduro isn't at all likely to die in bed while in office like Chávez did in 2013. He'll lose an election, the army will put him in jail, or he'll be strung up, Mussolini-style, from a Caracas lamppost. Whenever it finally happens, though, that country will face a long dig-out.

The citizens of Venezuela have suffered for too long at the hands of the illegitimate Maduro regime. Today, I have officially recognized the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, as the Interim President of Venezuela.

Large protests all across Venezuela today against Maduro. The fight for freedom has begun!

I ask every member of the Maduro regime: End this nightmare of poverty, hunger and death. LET YOUR PEOPLE GO. Set your country free! Now is the time for all Venezuelan Patriots to act together, as one united people. Nothing could be better for the future of Venezuela!

We can't have another false election. Maduro as president would manipulate the elections. We need an impartial electoral council and international observation.

The military's withdrawal of support from Mr Maduro is crucial to enabling a change in government, and the majority of those in service agree that the country's recent travails are untenable.

A pattern has developed under the Maduro regime. When pressure builds, the first recourse is to repress and persecute.

The opposition vowed to use a referendum to unseat Maduro in 2016, but with the Chavistas in control of the Supreme Court and with enough backing from the military, it seemed likely that Chavismo would remain in power a while longer despite the ongoing economic debacle.