UN chief urges dialogue in Venezuela to avert 'disaster'

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday appealed for dialogue to stop Venezuela's political crisis spiralling out of control, after opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president. "What we hope is that dialogue can be possible, and that we avoid an escalation that would lead to the kind of conflict that would be a disaster for the people of Venezuela and for the region," he said at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The United States, Brazil and other nations on Wednesday endorsed Guaido's declaration in rejection of President Nicolas Maduro, as more protests rocked the economically strapped country.

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