Venezuela's president calls on the armed forces to oppose 'any coup plotter' after a military uprising in support of opposition leader Juan Guaido fizzled out
"No one can be afraid, it is the hour to defend our right to peace," Maduro told 4,500 military personnel at a ceremony.
"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. On Tuesday, Lopez appeared outside a military base in Caracas with opposition leader Juan Guaido, who urged the military to overthrow Maduro. When the military did not heed the call, Lopez and his family sought refuge in the Chilean ambassador's residence.Lopez was previously detained for leading anti-government protests in 2014 and had been under house arrest for two years.
"I hope it will be our armed forces, and we don't need to appeal to outside," said Arria, who backs opposition leader Guaido as Venezuela's legitimate president.Maduro and key military figures made a show of unity in a television broadcast on Thursday, seeking to reject claims by the United States and the opposition that the armed forces high command was prepared to turn on him.
Human rights activists said at least 230 people were injured and 205 were detained during the clashes between protesters and police.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has characterised a phone call with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about the crisis in Venezuela as having elements of the surreal.
Pompeo claimed earlier that Maduro was ready to flee the South American country, but that unspecified Russians persuaded him to stay.Lavrov dismissed as untrue on Thursday assertions by US officials that Moscow had urged Maduro not to leave the country amid the continuing unrest there,on Tuesday that Maduro was prepared to leave the country that morning in the face of a call for an uprising by opposition leader Guaido, but reversed his plan after Russia intervened.
Flanked by commanders, Maduro said on Thursday that the military must be prepared to combat "traitors" and the opposition had sought to provoke bloodshed in Caracas since security forces failed to respond to Guaido's bid to take power. A second day of confrontations between opposition supporters and Maduro's security services came as the United States said it was prepared to take military action, if necessary, to stem the crisis in the South American nation.On Tuesday as well, one person was killed and dozens injured, according to human rights monitors.
Lavrov also condemned what he called the United States' "interference" in Venezuela's internal affairs as a breach of international law, adding that dialogue between all political forces is required in the Latin American country.Pompeo said during a television interview on Wednesday that the United States was not ruling out military action to back the coup attempt underway in Venezuela by Guido.
"It’s been a long time since anyone has seen Maduro. He had an airplane on the tarmac. He was ready to leave this morning, as we understand it, and the Russians indicated he should stay," Pompeo said in an interview with"We’ve made clear that all along, Maduro has been surrounded by Cubans and has been supported by Russians there in Venezuela," he added., a professor at California’s Pomona College, who says there is no evidence to back Pompeo’s claim.
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