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[[Juan Guaidó]], the newly appointed [[President of the National Assembly of Venezuela]], began motions to form a [[transitional government]] as soon as he took the National Assembly role on 5 January 2019; whether Maduro took office on the 10th or not, the country would not have a legitimately elected president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/noticias/_asamblea-nacional-arranca-proceso-para-ley-de-transicion|title=Asamblea Nacional arranca proceso para Ley de Transicion|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=10 January 2019}}</ref> On behalf of the National Assembly, he became one of the first to denounce Maduro taking office, saying that the country had fallen into a ''[[de facto]]'' dictatorship and had no leader,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/f1df9924783f49859874f5fc97f0f534|title=Isolation greets Maduro's new term as Venezuela's president|last=Smith|first=Scott|date=2019-01-10|website=AP NEWS|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref> and that they were in a state of emergency.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/noticias/_an-se-declara-en-emergencia-ante-la-usurpacion-de-nicolas-maduro-en-el-cargo-de-la-presidencia-de-la|title="AN se declara en emergencia ante la usurpación de Nicolás Maduro en el cargo de la Presidencia de la República"|last=|first=|date=|website=www.asambleanacional.gob.ve|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=10 January 2019}}</ref>

[[Juan Guaidó]], the newly appointed [[President of the National Assembly of Venezuela]], began motions to form a [[transitional government]] as soon as he took the National Assembly role on 5 January 2019; whether Maduro took office on the 10th or not, the country would not have a legitimately elected president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/noticias/_asamblea-nacional-arranca-proceso-para-ley-de-transicion|title=Asamblea Nacional arranca proceso para Ley de Transicion|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=10 January 2019}}</ref> On behalf of the National Assembly, he became one of the first to denounce Maduro taking office, saying that the country had fallen into a ''[[de facto]]'' dictatorship and had no leader,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/f1df9924783f49859874f5fc97f0f534|title=Isolation greets Maduro's new term as Venezuela's president|last=Smith|first=Scott|date=2019-01-10|website=AP NEWS|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref> and that they were in a state of emergency.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/noticias/_an-se-declara-en-emergencia-ante-la-usurpacion-de-nicolas-maduro-en-el-cargo-de-la-presidencia-de-la|title="AN se declara en emergencia ante la usurpación de Nicolás Maduro en el cargo de la Presidencia de la República"|last=|first=|date=|website=www.asambleanacional.gob.ve|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=10 January 2019}}</ref>

Maduro's government states that the crisis is a "''[[coup d'état]]'' led by the United States to remove him from power and control the country's oil reserves."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.presidencia.gob.ve/Site/Web/Principal/paginas/classMostrarEvento3.php?id_evento=12708|title=WEB MPPDPSGG (Noticia)|website=www.presidencia.gob.ve|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref>

Maduro's government states that the crisis is a "''[[coup d'état]]'' led by the United States to remove him from power and control the country's oil reserves."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.presidencia.gob.ve/Site/Web/Principal/paginas/classMostrarEvento3.php?id_evento=12708|title=WEB MPPDPSGG (Noticia)|website=www.presidencia.gob.ve|access-date=2019-03-02|archive-date=2019-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131040106/http://www.presidencia.gob.ve/Site/Web/Principal/paginas/classMostrarEvento3.php?id_evento=12708|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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