From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is the day.

Today, a remarkable battle for power is playing out in Venezuela,

with dueling claims to the Presidents and talk of a coup,

Nick Case on the crisis in Caracas.

It's Friday, January 25th.

So on January 10th in Caracas, Venezuela,

Nicholas Maduro put his hand on a book and swore himself in as President for another six-year term.

He will fulfill all the post-pulsions and mandates of the Republic of Bolivariana in Venezuela

to defend the independence and integrity of the country.

Then two weeks later, another part of Caracas, on a sunny day,

a little-known warmaker named Juan Guaido stood before a group of people

and held a kind of citizens swearing in ceremony,

where he said he was the President of Venezuela.

And he was prepared to lead the country himself.

Juro!

So two men are declaring themselves the President of Venezuela,

one country, two Presidents.

And Nick, how is that possible?

What has been going on in Venezuela that leads these two men at the exact same time

to declare themselves the rightful leader of the country?

Well, you have to turn the clock back to last year just before the summer.

Because we know that!

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