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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó ejected from Colombia

Guaidó’s party, Voluntad Popular (Popular Will), condemned what it called his ‘arbitrary expulsion’ from Colombia.
Juan Guaidó’s party, Voluntad Popular (Popular Will), condemned what it called his ‘arbitrary expulsion’ from Colombia. Photograph: Gaby Oráa/Reuters

Venezuela’s best-known opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, has touched down in the United States after being unceremoniously ejected from Colombia while attempting to gatecrash a summit about the political future of his crisis-stricken homeland.

Guaidó shot to fame in early 2019 and for a brief moment looked poised to topple Venezuela’s authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, with the support of dozens of foreign governments including the US, UK and Brazil.

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