Maduro has defied U.S pressure to relinquish power since January, when President Trump and leaders of dozens of other Western democratic governments recognized top Juan Guaidó as the president of Venezuela. ..…

The resolution said the body did not recognize the Maduro government, noting it was concerned “about the worsening political, economic, social and humanitarian crisis” and “the breakdown of democratic order and serious human rights violations.” It was part of a gambit to legitimize opposition..…