CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday called on the armed forces to oppose “any coup plotter” after a military uprising in support ...
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures next to his wife Cilia Flores during a meeting with youths in Caracas, Venezuela May 2, 2019. - Reuters: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday called on the armed forces to oppose “any coup plotter” after a military uprising in support of opposition leader Juan Guaido fizzled out, and subsequent street clashes left four protesters dead.
“Yes, we are in combat - keep morale high in this fight to disarm any traitor, any coup plotter,“ Maduro said Thursday at a televised event with the military high command, at which he was surrounded by soldiers. The failed uprising sparked two days of protests against the government in which four people were killed, including two teenagers who died of their injuries on Thursday.
Yoifre Hernandez, 14, was hit by gunfire during Wednesday’s clashes in Caracas, while 16-year-old Yosner Graterol suffered a gunshot wound during unrest in the northern town of La Victoria on Tuesday, lawmakers and relatives said. Speaking from the Spanish ambassador’s residence, Lopez said the small rebellion on Tuesday would eventually lead to the end of Maduro’s “dictatorship.”Madrid said it would not hand over Lopez to Venezuelan authorities, nor would it ask him to leave.Tensions in Venezuela have soared since Guaido, who heads the national legislature, invoked the constitution to declare himself acting president on Jan 23, claiming Maduro’s re-election last year was illegitimate.
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