CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s government says it is putting down a small coup attempt by military “traitors” working with right-wing opponents.
Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez’s comments on Twitter come after opposition leader Juan Guaido calls for a military uprising in a video that shows him surrounded by heavily armed soldiers and accompanied by detained activist Leopoldo Lopez at a Caracas air base.
Guaido says soldiers who had taken to the streets were protecting Venezuela’s constitution. He makes the comments a day before a planned anti-government rally.
“The moment is now,” he says.
— AP
En el marco de nuestra constitución. Y por el cese definitivo de la usurpación. https://t.co/3RD2bnQhxt
— Juan Guaidó (@jguaido) April 30, 2019
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