Venezuela's embattled President Nicolas Maduro has rejected a European ultimatum that gave him eight days to call new elections.<br />For more on this and other news around the world we turn to our Ro Aram…<br />Aram… pressure keeps piling on Maduro, but he's not going out without a fight…<br /><br />That's right Mark… the UK and four other European nations said they would formally recognize the head of Venezuela's parliament, Juan Guaido, as the legitimate president.<br />If that happens, they would be joining the U.S. and a host of other nations that have already done so.<br />In an interview with CNN Turk, Maduro accused Europe of "kneeling" before U.S. President Donald Trump.<br /><br />"……Europe has had a very insolent position, not sustainable, unpresentable, and must withdraw its ultimatum….. All of Europe is kneeling before Donald Trump, its that simple, especially in the Venezuelan issue."<br /><br />Maduro has accused Washington of leading an imperialist intervention in his country. <br />He has the backing of nations such as Russia, China and Iran who have all expressed similar sentiment. <br />But, far more countries are backing Guaido, who has declared himself interim president. <br />The opposition leader is also stepping appeals for Venezuela's military to turn against the socialist leader.<br /><br />"Venezuelan soldiers, I'm speaking to you: it's the time to get on the side of the Constitution, it's not the time to fear. It's not the time to back out." <br /><br />While small rebellions against Maduro have broken out in Venezuela's armed forces in recent months, there has not yet been any large scale military uprising against him.<br />The Venezuelan political crisis has now become the stage for international tensions, with heated exchanges at the UN Security Council over the weekend regarding the situation. <br />
