Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has called for a military uprising in a video shot at a Caracas air base.
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has taken to the streets with detained activist Leopoldo Lopez and a small contingent of heavily armed soldiers.
"This is the moment of all Venezuelans, those in uniform and those who aren't," said Lopez in his first public appearance since being detained in 2014 for leading anti-government protests."Everyone should come to the streets, in peace."Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó in Caracas, Venezuela April 30, 2019.
Guaidó said soldiers who had taken to the streets were protecting Venezuela's constitution. He made the comments a day before a planned anti-government rally.Venezuelan Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez said on Twitter that Nicolas Maduro's government is confronting a small"coup attempt" led by military"traitors" backed by right-wing opponents.
Tear gas was fired at a highway overpass near the Caracas air base where Guaidó and several heavily armed soldiers with blue bands wrapped around their forearms had been standing guard.
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