UPDATE 1-Venezuela's Guaido to return home on Tuesday afternoon: press team
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Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido will return to his country "in the coming hours" after traveling to North America and Europe, his press team said on Tuesday, capping a three-week tour in which he was widely celebrated by foreign leaders.
He will enter Venezuela via the country's main airport, Maiquetia, his press team said. Guaido, who is recognized as Venezuela's rightful president by more than 50 countries, was received at the White House and feted at the World Economic Forum in Davos after slipping out of the country in January in defiance of a travel ban by the government of President Nicolas Maduro.
He now faces an opposition movement that has struggled to maintain the frenetic street protests of 2019 and has been unable to end Maduro's grip on power. Maduro calls Guaido a puppet of Washington, which has implemented a broad sanctions program against the ruling Socialist Party in an effort to force him from power.
Venezuela's economic collapse under Maduro has led nearly 5 people citizens to migrate, creating a migration crisis in nearby Latin American nations.
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