{"id":400907,"date":"2019-03-23T01:16:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T00:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/intl-trade-unions-condemn-recognition-of-guaido-consortiumnews\/"},"modified":"2019-03-23T01:16:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T00:16:15","slug":"intl-trade-unions-condemn-recognition-of-guaido-consortiumnews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/intl-trade-unions-condemn-recognition-of-guaido-consortiumnews\/","title":{"rendered":"Intl Trade Unions Condemn Recognition of Guaid\u00f3 \u2013 Consortiumnews"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Even a labor group currently at odds with Caracas opposes foreign interference in the matter of the presidency, reports Ivar Andersen.<\/span><\/p>\n

By\u00a0Ivar Andersen<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>
in Stockholm
<\/strong>Inter Press Service<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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On Jan. 23, the leader of the National Assembly, Juan Guaid\u00f3, declared himself interim president of Venezuela. His claim on the presidency was immediately recognized by the United States which, through Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, called for the world to\u00a0\u201cpick a side.\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

On Feb. 4, Sweden joined the U.S. side. \u201cSweden supports and acknowledges Juan Guaid\u00f3 as the leader of the National Assembly and, in accordance with the country\u2019s constitution, his attempts to serve as interim President of Venezuela, now responsible for making sure free and fair democratic elections will be called,\u201d Margot Wallstr\u00f6m, minister for foreign affairs said,\u00a0in a statement <\/a><\/span>that stressed the importance of solving the crisis peacefully.<\/span><\/p>\n

The international\u00a0<\/strong>trade union movement has chosen a different approach. On the same day as Guaid\u00f3 declared himself president, the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas released a\u00a0harsh statement<\/a>:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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