March 18 (UPI) -- Representatives of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido seized control Monday of three diplomatic properties in New York and Washington, D.C., formerly controlled by President Nicolas Maduro's government.
Carlos Vecchio, Guaido's U.S. ambassador, said Guaido's National Assembly took control of two defense ministry facilities in Washington, D.C. and a consular building in New York, CBS News reported.