Getty The death toll in Venezuela appears likely to keep rising in the coming days. Get the latest breaking news delivered straight to your inbox.Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Foro Penal said that 50 people—mostly in slums—had been killed by security forces in only the first two months of the year, and 653 had been arrested for protesting or speaking against the government. The Treasury Department said the sanctions would be lifted if and when Guaidó assumes control of the government.Guaidó told Britain's Sky News in an interview aired Tuesday that he welcomed the U.S. sanctions and would continue to lead and call for the protests, which are aimed at forcing Maduro to call new elections. January 29, 2019 / 8:13 AM / CBS/AP Maduro called for "understanding [that] we are in a true electrical emergency, a true national emergency.”In a public speech on 19 April in Caracas, Guaidó called for a "definite end of the usurpation" and the "largest march in history" on 1 May.Guaidó continued to rally around the country for support. Thousands of protesters, mostly state workers, met at the center of Caracas. Posted on March 1, 2019 by Elizabeth Zimmer. Colombian police officers stand in front of people queueing to try to cross into Colombia from Venezuela through the Simon Bolivar international bridge in Cucuta, Colombia. The Wall Street Journal reported in a March 2019 article entitled "Maduro loses grip on Venezuela's poor, a vital source of his power" that slums are turning against Maduro and that "many blame government brutality for the shift". On 21 January there was a small-scale attempted military mutiny seen as a failed coup.According to Venezuelan journalist Francisco Toro for Cofavic interviewed witnesses who said that special forces killed five youths who had attended protests supporting the opposition.During the evening hours, President of the Constituent Assembly On 2 February opposition demonstrations filled the At least 285 were injured and 14 were killed in the clashes on 23 February 2019.Guaidó "took to the streets" to question Maduro's governance during the first two days of a Protests against Maduro in Caracas and other cities were called for 9 March, and went on despite the closure of the Guaidó announced on 16 March that he would embark on a tour of the country to organize committees for what he called "Operation Freedom" (During the second wave of nationwide blackouts, Guaidó summoned new protests that would precede a decisive massive rally through Caracas. Armed forces and Maduro supporters have sometimes used roadblocks to avoid Guaidó's arrival to other cities.Thousands to tens of thousands of supporters showed up for demonstrations on 1 May for Guaidó.In the pro-Maduro counter rally, most supporters were from the public sector and many were brought from the interior of the country by bus.As of 2 May, there were 230 wounded in the protests,On 4 May, Guaidó organized a peaceful march that was aimed to encourage more On 11 May, Guaidó organized another march in Caracas, with a turnout of around a thousand Venezuelans.After three months of cooking gas shortages in La Fría, Guaidó called for nationwide protests to challenge Maduro's military parade on the A small demonstration was carried out in front of the UN office in Caracas on 15 July, to protest against the DGCIM for their torture against detainees.In November, Guaidó called for the return of the protests.The Maduro administration organized a counter-protest in the center of Caracas in solidarity to Evo Morales.In a December poll by Venezuelan pollster Meganalisis, those surveyed were asked if they would go to the streets if Guaidó or the National Assembly called for protests.During the presidential crisis, the United States government ended diplomatic relations with the At the end of July 2019, some members of Code Pink that occupied the embassy visited Venezuela during the Associated Press says about 2000 people gathered in Maracaibo

He said one member of the Bolivarian Guard was reportedly killed in the state of Monagas.He told reporters in Geneva that officials were investigating reports of ill-treatment of detainees.The violence and arrests in the once-rich South American nation have continued unabated since opposition leader and Juan Guaidó declared himself interim president of Venezuela last week -- a The U.S. and its allies consider current Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro an illegitimate leader. Venezuela crisis takes deadly toll on buckling health system Two patients share a gurney at a hospital in Barquisimeto. President Trump's National Security Advisor John Bolton the sanctions amounted to, "$7 billion in assets blocked today, over $11 billion in lost export proceeds over the next year."

Will the Death Toll in Venezuela Continue to Rise as the Fight for the Claim to Legitimacy Continues? Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro leaves after offering a press conference in Caracas, Jan. 25, 2019. He said the true death toll at hospitals due to lack of electricity was higher than official reporting. He was elected to a second term last year in a vote widely condemned as sham democracy, as he had barred -- through a justice system stacked with political allies -- all serious opposition candidates. Russia, which has extensive commercial interests in Venezuela, including Russian state oil company Rosneft's partnership with PdVSA, called the new U.S. sanctions "illegal.

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