Fears for Juan Guaido as he returns to Venezuela

Venezuela’s opposition leader is to return to his home country after more than a month abroad consolidating support.

Juan Guaido, 35, who has declared himself the interim president of Venezuela as pressure mounts on socialist leader Nicolas Maduro to step aside, said he is heading to Venezuela from the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil. He is due to take a commercial flight to Caracas via Colombia, and could arrive back in time for the country’s Carnival celebrations on Monday.