What is Venezuelan presidential crisis?
{{update|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox military conflict | conflict = 2019 Venezuelan Presidential crisis | width = | partof = [[Crisis in Venezuela]] | date = 10 January 2019 – present | place = [[Venezuela]] | commander1 = [[File:Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela (2016) cropped.jpg|155px]]<br>{{center|1='''[[Nicolás Maduro]]'''}} | image1 = | commander2 = [[File:Juan Guaidó in Colombia.jpg|155px]]<br>{{center|1='''[[Juan Guaidó]]'''}} | image2 = | strength1 = '''Internal bodies''' *[[File:Logo of the 2017 Constituent Assembly of Venezuela.png|25px]] [[2017 Constituent National Assembly|Constituent National Assembly]] *[[File:Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (Venezuela) logo.png|25px]] [[Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Venezuela)|Supreme Tribunal of Justice]] *[[File:CNE logo.svg|25px]] [[National Electoral Council (Venezuela)|National Electoral Council]] | strength2 = '''Internal bodies:''' * [[File:Logo Asamblea Nacional.svg|20px]] [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|National Assembly]] | coordinates = | map_type = | map_relief = | latitude = | longitude = | map_size = | map_mark = | map_marksize = | map_caption = | map_label = | territory = | result = }} Between 2019 and 2023 [[Venezuela]] experienced a Presidential crisis, with unclear leadership and terms of [[President of Venezuela|Presidency]]. Despite encouragement to resign as president when his first term expired on 10 January 2019, [[Nicolás Maduro]] [[Inauguration|inaugurated]] himself. This resulted in widespread condemnation. The [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|National Assembly]] invoked a [[State of emergency]]. Nations removed their [[embassies]] from Venezuela. With their belief that his election was [[illegitimate]], they claimed that by retaking power, Maduro was converting Venezuela into an illegal ''[[de facto]]'' [[dictatorship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics/venezuelas-maduro-starts-new-term-as-u-s-decries-him-as-usurpe