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Venezuela\u2019s U.S.-supported opposition leader Juan Guaido<\/a> returned home to Caracas on Monday after visiting with the leaders of several Latin American countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n Guaido\u00a0returned to Venezuela after a 10-day absence. He defied a travel ban imposed by Venezuela’s supreme\u00a0court \u2013 controlled by embattled leader Nicolas Maduro\u00a0\u2013 when he left Venezuela\u00a0on Feb. 22 as part of\u00a0efforts to bring\u00a0humanitarian aid into the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n “We will keep pushing forward, without fear,”\u00a0Guaido\u00a0told reporters in Venezuela’s capital after landing at\u00a0Simon Bol\u00edvar international airport.\u00a0Outside,\u00a0Guaido, 35, was greeted by cheering crowds of supporters who chanted “Yes we can!”<\/p>\n Many of his supporters feared he might be arrested on arrival.\u00a0Guaido has been recognized by the U.S.\u00a0and over\u00a050 countries as Venezuela’s interim president and Maduro has accused the U.S. of attempting to stage a coup<\/a> against his government.\u00a0<\/p>\n Maduro’s government has brought Venezuela’s economy to its knees. The country now has the highest annual inflation rate in the world \u2013 more than 100,000 percent \u2013 and it is plagued by shortages of essential medicines and food. In Venezuela’s latest presidential election, a controversial vote which he won in May last year, Maduro barred most opposition candidates from running and he controls most branches of government.\u00a0<\/p>\n Guaido visited Colombia, Brazil, Argentina and Ecuador.\u00a0<\/p>\n On Sunday night, Guaido called<\/a> for a new round of nationwide street protests.<\/p>\n “This process is unstoppable,” he said in an online broadcast, insisting that Maduro would eventually be ousted from power. “The transition is already under way.”<\/p>\n John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, tweeted Sunday night: “Any threats or acts against (Guaido’s) safe return will be met with a strong and significant response from the United States and the international community.”<\/p>\n In a Q&A with the Washington Post<\/a> published online on Sunday,\u00a0Guaido said his “international visit has been very important to consolidate support from regional leaders\u00a0\u2013\u00a0not just for humanitarian assistance but to continue to pressure Maduro.”<\/p>\n Venezuelan Interim President Juan Guaido has announced his planned return to Venezuela. Any threats or acts against his safe return will be met with a strong and significant response from the United States and the international community.<\/p>\n \u2014 John Bolton (@AmbJohnBolton) March 4, 2019<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n More: <\/strong>Pompeo: Trump is confronting Obama’s foreign policy failures in Venezuela<\/a><\/p>\n More: <\/strong>Venezuela’s Maduro says any US invasion would be worse than ‘Vietnam’<\/a><\/p>\n This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Venezuela\u2019s U.S.-supported opposition leader Juan Guaido returns home, risks arrest<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n