Backed by Venezuela's military, Maduro goes on the offensive against Guaido

Backed by Venezuela's military, President Nicolas Maduro went on the offensive against  Juan Guaido, an Opposition leader who declared himself interim president, and his United States (US) supporters, setting up a potentially explosive struggle for power in the crisis-plagued South American nation.

A defiant Maduro called home all Venezuelan diplomats from the United States and closed its embassy on Thursday, a day after ordering all US diplomats out of Venezuela by the weekend because President Donald Trump had supported  Juan Guaido.
 

The US, on the other hand, ordered non-emergency embassy staff to leave Venezuela but stopped short of complying with a