Breaking: Guaido calls for military uprising in Venezuela, says final phase underway

Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim-President Juan Guaido has published a video with a call for Venezuelan soldiers, as well as citizens, to go into the streets of Caracas to ensure “the definitive cessation of the usurpation” of constitutionally elected President Nicolas Maduro.

Guaido, speaking in the video and surrounded by people in military uniforms, stressed that Venezuelan will be fighting “in the nonviolent struggle” to “assume competencies of the government”.

— Juan Guaidó (@jguaido) April 30, 2019
Guaido, speaking in the video and surrounded by people in military uniforms, stressed that Venezuelan will be fighting “in the nonviolent struggle” to “assume competencies of the government”.

The opposition figure claimed on his Twitter that he has already received the support of the country’s armed forces and announced a so-called “final phase” in his struggle to oust the Venezuelan president.

“The national armed forces have taken the correct decision, and they count on the support of the Venezuelan people”, Guaido said

Reuters reported, citing an eyewitness, that Guaido and a group of soldiers are currently standing on a Caracas highway next to a military base. The opposition leader earlier announced that he was filming his video at the La Carlota Air Base.

The last time that Guaido called on Venezuelan citizens to join his so-called Operation Freedom in the wake of a massive blackout in the country, which was a result of sabotage on a power plant, he claimed to have gathered “thousands” of protesters for rallies across the country.