Venezuela's Guaido declares 'final phase' of operation to topple Maduro: Live updates - CNN

Guaido speaks to supporters at a rally in March.

In his dawn address, opposition leader Juan Guaido announced "the start of the end of the usurpation" -- the next phase of a months-long struggle to wrest power from Nicolas Maduro.

Here's a timeline of the country's crisis since last year:

May 2018: Nicolas Maduro, who has been President since 2013 and has presided over years of economic decline, secures another six-year team after winning an election widely denounced as a sham by the opposition and the international community.

August 2018: Several drones armed with explosives disrupt a military parade in an apparent assassination attempt against Maduro. Amid warnings that inflation could hit one million percent by the end of the year, the government issues a new currency.

January 2019: Two weeks after Maduro is sworn in, Guaido declares himself the interim president amid anti-government protests. The Trump administration recognizes Guaido as president -- followed by much of Latin America and Western Europe -- and the US sanctions Venezuela's government-owned oil company.

February 2019: Maduro's government announces that it will not accept much-needed foreign aid and intends to reroute food and supply shipments to Colombia instead. He later breaks off diplomatic relations with Colombia as tensions escalate over the aid on the border.

March 2019: A power outage leaves more than 70% of the country without electricity at one point, and rolling power outages plague the country for days. Separately, the US announces withdraws all remaining diplomatic personnel from its embassy in Caracas, and slaps sanctions on some members of Maduro's government.

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