Washington coy on Venezuela’s Guaido, still recognizes 2015 National Assembly

The United States still recognizes Venezuela’s 2015 National Assembly after a recent shakeup and will keep coordinating with its former leader Juan
Guaido “and other like-minded individuals,” the White House said on Wednesday.
Washington’s years-long recognition of Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate interim president was called into question late last month when the country’s opposition National Assembly stripped him of the title and dissolved his government.
In a press call, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the United States still recognized that assembly, elected in 2015, as Venezuela’s “last remaining democratic institution.”
Asked whether Washington still recognized Guaido as interim president, Kirby said he did not want to “get into hypotheticals” and promised the United States would “coordinate with him and other like-minded members” of the opposition legislature.