![How US-Venezuela Escalation Unfolded From Sanctions to Backing Anti-Maduro Coup How US-Venezuela Escalation Unfolded From Sanctions to Backing Anti-Maduro Coup](https://mtic.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1039808689-310x168.jpg)
The Trump administration has officially recognised opposition figure Juan Guaido as the president of Venezuela and dismissed Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration as “illegitimate”. Maduro, on the other hand, hit back, saying that Washington has been trying to oust him.