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We reported on some of the reasons for a worsening crisis in Venezuela. Today on CNN 10 we're looking at some of the effects it's having on the South American nation. Countries around the world are taking sides on what's happening here. After a Venezuelan lawmaker named Juan Guaido declared himself to be the new temporary leader of his country, the U.S. said it would support him. A growing number of other countries like Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada and Chile have done the same thing.

Additional European leaders have said they'd also support Guaido if Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro doesn't schedule free elections soon.

But President Maduro said, nobody gives Venezuela an ultimatum and that his country had held elections which he says he won. He ac?cuses the U.S. of setting up a coup to remove him from power. And China, Cuba, and Russia are among the countries who put their support behind Maduro.

Yesterday the United States announced new sanctions or penalties on the South American country to increase the pressure on its embattled leader.

Some Venezuelans have rallied behind President Maduro but many others have protested against him and more demonstrations are scheduled this week. The people caught in the middle are suffering.