US still does not consider Maduro ‘legitimate leader of Venezuela'

The US said Tuesday that it still does not consider Nicolas Maduro “the legitimate leader of Venezuela,” despite the Venezuelan opposition’s recent move to dissolve its “interim government.”
“We recognize the 2015 National Assembly. We will continue to enforce our sanctions program against the Maduro regime,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said at a news conference.

“We will calibrate that sanctions program, as we said before, based upon what we see from the Maduro regime in terms of advancing the prospect for the Venezuelan people achieving their democratic aspirations,” Price told reporters.

The Venezuelan opposition on Friday voted to dissolve an "interim government" led by Juan Guaido, who had been recognized by many countries, including the US.