On Tuesday, opposition officials said he would try to reenter Venezuela “within 72 hours.” Then, during a Thursday appearance in Brazil, he vowed to return “no later than Monday.” On Sunday, in Ecuador, he announced, again, his intention to return home and called for protesters to take to the streets in Venezuela. And on Monday, after 10 days away, he made it back in. Below is the route he took to get out of — and back into — Venezuela.

Jan. 23:

CARACAS, Venezuela — Guaidó, leader of the National Assembly, invokes the Venezuelan constitution to proclaim himself interim president. The United States, Brazil, Colombia, Germany, Canada and nearly four dozen other countries recognize Guaidó as the legitimate leader of Venezuela. Russia and China, however, continue to back President Nicolás Maduro, who is widely accused of preventing free and fair elections.

Feb. 22:

CUCUTA, Colombia — Guaidó breaks a travel ban imposed by the Maduro government and crosses the border into Cucuta. “Despite every effort by regime to stop him, Interim President @jguaido has arrived in Cucuta, #Colombia & is at #VenezuelaAidLive,” tweeted Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), referring to a benefit concert hosted by billionaire Richard Branson.

Feb. 23:

CUCUTA, Colombia — Venezuelan opposition supporters clash with Maduro’s security forces over bringing international humanitarian aid into the country. Maduro has consistently denied that his country is in crisis, despite a plethora of evidence indicating otherwise, and characterizes the effort to push the aid through as a thinly veiled invasion attempt by enemies. The standoff turns deadly, and at least five people are killed. Guaidó, still in Cucuta, tells reporters, “We have said it — change is irreversible in Venezuela.” The Maduro government breaks off diplomatic relations with Colombia.

Feb. 25:

BOGOTA, Colombia — After what was widely seen as the opposition’s failure to get aid into Venezuela or to coax the military to abandon Maduro en masse, Guaidó meets with Vice President Pence and the Lima Group, a consortium of Latin American countries, most of which recognize him as Venezuela’s legitimate leader. Guaidó uses the occasion to get reassurances from Pence that a military option to topple Maduro is not off the table.

Feb. 28:

BRASILIA — Guaidó meets with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. He vows to return to Caracas “this weekend” and no later than Monday, despite what he says are threats to him and his family from the Maduro regime. Bolsonaro, who has spoken favorably of Brazil’s 20th-century dictatorship and said police should be allowed to kill criminals, says Brazil will “spare no effort” in returning Venezuela to democracy.

March 1:

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ASUNCION, Paraguay — Guaidó travels further south and away from his home country, this time to Paraguay. In Asuncion he meets with Paraguayan president Mario Abdo Benítez. “We continue to strengthen our region’s commitment to freedom in Venezuela,” he tweets about his meeting.

March 3:

SALINAS, Ecuador — Guaidó leaves Salinas for Guayaquil, a port city, after a Saturday meeting with Ecuador’s president, Lenin Moreno (also on Saturday, he uses Twitter to call for national demonstrations on Monday and Tuesday in Venezuela, to which, he says, he will be returning in the coming days). But as he is leaving Salinas, the route back into Venezuela is still unclear. We’ll continue to follow his travels and travails.

March 4: