Six months on, Juan Guaidó supporters hang on to fading hope in Venezuela

Fresh protests to mark half a year after he declared himself interim leader, but Nicolis Maduro remains in power

Sol Castro Sinchez was a picture of elation as she took to the streets of Caracas in the days after Juan Guaido launched his dramatic bid to topple Nicolis Maduro on 23 January.

"I guess this is what people in Germany felt in 1989 when the wall came down," the retired professor enthused as she marched through Venezuela's capital with tens of thousands of jubilant protesters and a homemade placard that read: "Enough is enough! We want them out!"