[20220401]IF10230_委内瑞拉：政治危机与美国政策.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated April 1, 2022Venezuela: Political Crisis and U.S. PolicyVenezuela, under the authoritarian rule of Nicols Maduro, remains in a deep economic and humanitarian crisis worsened by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Maduro has consolidated power over all of Venezuelas institutions since his 2013 election after the death of President Hugo Chvez (1999-2013). Maduros United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) took control of the National Assembly, the last independent branch of government, in January 2021. The PSUV and allies won 19 of 23 gubernatorial elections in flawed November elections. Maduro has quashed dissent and resisted international pressure to step down since his reelection in a 2018 presidential vote that was widely condemned as fraudulent. Support for opposition leader Juan Guaid, the former National Assembly president once regarded as interim president by nearly 60 other countries, has dissipated, although the Biden Administration continues to recognize Guaids government, partially to prevent Venezuelan assets abroad from coming under Maduros control. Administration officials nevertheless met with Maduro in early March