Uruguay Continues To Recognize Maduro As Venezuelan President - Foreign Ministry Sources

Uruguay Continues to Recognize Maduro as Venezuelan President - Foreign Ministry Sources

MONTEVIDEO (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th January, 2019) Uruguay continues to recognize Nicolas Maduro as Venezuelan president, sources in the Uruguayan Foreign Ministry told Sputnik.

On Wednesday, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself the country's interim president.

The United States urged Maduro to step down and let Guaido to assume the presidency. Maduro responded that Venezuela was severing diplomatic ties with the United States and giving 72 hours "to all diplomatic and consular staff of the United States to leave the country."