Last month, the Trump administration joined dozens of other governments around the world to recognize Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as interim president.
The move left the Venezuelan government led by Nicolás Maduro without official representation in the United States, its embassy in Georgetown mothballed.
But as embattled as Maduro is, he still has an important diplomatic lifeline to the United States and the wider world. The Venezuelan leader still holds onto a seat at the United Nations in New York. Even though it is President Trump’s hometown, the U.S. government may ultimately find it easier to pressure Maduro out of power in Caracas than to boot his U.N. diplomats out of New York City.
