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This coordinated action took place after President Nicolas Maduro ignored the request made last week by some EU countries to call early elections by the end of Sunday. Spain, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Netherlands and Poland All declared that they would recognize Guadio as the legitimate leader of Venezuela.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called on the 35-year-old President of the National Assembly to "hold free and democratic presidential elections with guarantees and without exclusions".
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Twitter that the United Kingdom would recognize Mr Guaido as interim president "until credible elections can be held".
A spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May said sanctions against Venezuela were also on the table, adding that the Maduro regime should end.
Maduro had rejected what he called "the ultimatum" set by EU leaders, saying the previous elections that had led to a new six-year term were fair. "We do not accept anyone's ultimatums," Maduro said in an interview with Spanish television channel LaSexta on Sunday.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday supported the role of the contact group in the Venezuelan transition period, after recognizing Guaido as "acting president" in a tweet.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Monday that the decision to recognize Guaido was "not a foreign interference", as suggested by Russia, one of the Maduro's main allies.
Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday condemned Europe's interference in the oil-rich country as "legitimizing the usurped authority."
Since he declared himself acting president on Jan. 23 – invoking a constitutional rule to launch a rare challenge to Maduro's presidency – Guaido's leadership has already been recognized by Canada, the United States , Australia and the countries of Latin America.
Guaido, who telephoned Trudeau on Sunday, thanked the Prime Minister for Canada's support on Twitter: "Thank you for joining us on this path.It is very important that the country count on your support during the peaceful transition of Venezuela."
In this call, Trudeau indicated that Canada will hold a meeting of the Lima Group regional bloc on Monday to discuss how the international community can further badist the people of Venezuela, including through immediate humanitarian badistance. .
Guaido said that humanitarian aid would begin to flow to Venezuela in the coming days, defying Maduro's repeated refusal. He presented this initiative as part of a plan to get the military to cooperate with the opposition.
Maduro repeatedly denied that Venezuela was in crisis, suggesting that aid efforts were part of an international plan to destabilize its socialist regime. During Maduro's tenure as president, this once-rich oil nation sank into an economic meltdown and a humanitarian crisis.
Claudia Rebaza, Arnaud Siad and Stephanie Halasz contributed to this report.
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