当地时间23日下午，委内瑞拉总统马杜罗宣布与美国断交，并要求美使馆人员72小时内离开委内瑞拉。

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced on Wednesday that the country has cut off diplomatic relations with the United States, giving American diplomats 72 hours to leave the country.

23日当天，委内瑞拉反对党派在首都加拉加斯发起大规模游行，反对党领袖、委内瑞拉议会主席瓜伊多宣称为该国临时总统”。

Guaido, head of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, declared himself "interim president" of Venezuela earlier Wednesday.

随即美国总统特朗普以及拉美多国领导人表示承认，引发马杜罗强烈不满，宣布与美断交。

Earlier that day, US President Donald Trump said that the United States had recognized Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the nation's "interim president", a move that came after Nicolas Maduro was inaugurated as president of the Latin American country earlier this month.

"Today, I am officially recognizing the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaido, as the Interim President of Venezuela," Trump said in a statement issued by the White House.

美国总统特朗普表示，将继续使用经济、外交等手段促使委内瑞拉民主的恢复”。

Trump added that the United States would continue to use economic and diplomatic power to press for "the restoration of Venezuelan democracy".

2018年5月，委内瑞拉总统马杜罗在大选中以68.

7%的投票率再次当选，并于今年1月10日宣誓就职。

Venezuela's incumbent President Maduro was elected last year with 68.

7 percent of the votes, and he was sworn in as president on Jan 10 for another six-year term.

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