After suspicion that the Maduro regime was planning on arresting Juan Guaido at the Caracas airport, several foreign diplomats showed up at the airport to help prevent such an occurrence. 65 countries, including the US, Canada, Germany, Brazil, and the UK, have stated that they support Guaido as the interim president. Germany's foreign minister reported that Guaido asked Germany’s ambassador to Venezuela to come with the others. While this move may have helped prevent Guaido’s arrest, Nicolas Maduro has announced that the German ambassador now has 48 hours to leave the country. This could raise concerns if Maduro will continue to tell ambassador’s they must leave Venezuela if there country has shown support for his rival. If a new election is not held soon or Maduro is not removed from power, such consequences are likely to continue. It will be interesting to see how other foreign diplomats respond to such news; If they start weakening their position and stance on this issue in order to ensure they can stay in the country, or if they use this occurrence to show why they strongly support Guaido.
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