BREAKING: Head of Venezuela's secret police admonishes President Maduro in biggest break so far by a senior member of the administration.
The head of Venezuela’s secret police is admonishing President Nicolas Maduro, in the biggest break so far by a senior member of the security forces.
The group has recognized Guaidó’s as Venezuela’s rightful interim president, saying Maduro’s re-election was illegitimate. He also criticizes U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for not openly supporting Maduro’s government against Guaido. Guterres’ spokesman says he is urging all sides in Venezuela to exercise “maximum restraint,” avoid any violence, take immediate steps to restore calm, and resolve differences peacefully through dialogue.The director of a medical center in Venezuela’s capital says doctors are treating 50 patients injured during street skirmishes.
López had been under house arrest, but was apparently freed by mutinous soldiers Tuesday and appeared with opposition leader Juan Guaidó as he called for a military uprising against President Nicolás Maduro. National Security Adviser John Bolton says Tuesday that what’s happening “is clearly not a coup” because the U.S. and many other countries recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate president. Bolton says President Donald Trump is monitoring developments “minute by minute” and wants a peaceful transfer of power.
Congressional leader Juan Guaidó urged soldiers and civilians in Venezuela to rise up against the government of Nicolas Maduro, setting off clashes between demonstrators and security forces loyal to the socialist president. U.S. officials were quick to issue statements of support after Guaidó appeared in the streets Tuesday to call for the military and civilians to rise up.
In response to Tuesday’s call by opposition leader Juan Guaidó for a military uprising against President Nicolás Maduro, Dujarric said the U.N. is “reaching out to both sides.” López was flanked by other security forces as he described Tuesday’s rebellion as small and insignificant. He said that the armed forces reject “this new aggression” by the U.S.-backed opposition.
It says past incidents of network filtering in Venezuela have lasted from 12 minutes to over 20 hours.Russia’s foreign ministry has called on “the radical opposition” in Venezuela to stand down and “refrain from violence.” President Andrés Manuel López Obrador repeated in a Tuesday morning news conference that he believes in nonintervention and dialogue.
López appeared alongside Guaidó with a number of rebellious military members in Caracas on Tuesday and the two called for a military uprising. U.S. officials have sent statements of support.Hundreds of supporters of President Nicolás Maduro have gathered at a rally beside Venezuela’s presidential palace, where security force members are deployed on the perimeter wall.
Guaidó appeared in the streets with a number of military backers, but so far there’s no sign of a broader revolt in the armed forces. Conway says it’s time for socialist leader Nicolás Maduro to go and that the U.S. is pushing for “a peaceful transition of power.” Bolivian President Evo Morales issued a call via Twitter Tuesday urging Latin American governments “to condemn the coup d’etat in Venezuela and keep the violence from claiming innocent lives.”Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez also sent a tweet backing Maduro and calling on the U.S. to “halt aggressions against the peace.”
Peskov said that the meeting “paid significant attention to the news reports about a coup attempt in that country.”Spain’s caretaker government has called for a bloodless and peaceful transition to a democratic presidential election in Venezuela. More than 177,000 Spaniards live in Venezuela, and Spain has become a destination for thousands of Venezuelans escaping the political and economic crisis in recent years.“Guaidó represents the alternative,” she added.Venezuela’s socialist party boss, Diosdado Cabello, has called on government supporters to amass at the presidential palace to defend Nicolás Maduro from what he says is a small uprising of traitorous military soldiers backed by the U.S.
His son had been under house arrest for leading an anti-government push in 2014. He said Tuesday he had been freed by the military.
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