On Wednesday morning, Juan Guaido called for people to take to the streets. So far, Nicolas Maduro is declaring victory and said Guaido was defeated. So far, the military has not defected.
Guaido is himself a socialist and his countrymen like freebies.
There’s a fierce battle for power in Venezuela. Opposition leader Juan Guaido urged Venezuelans to take to the streets as he made his boldest attempt yet to seize power from embattled President Nicolás Maduro. @clarissaward explains the crisis: https://t.co/zsHLHNm5fp pic.twitter.com/VXbxs8bu3K
— CNN (@CNN) May 1, 2019
Late Tuesday afternoon, CNN and the BBC were taken off the air as the revolution turned very violent. Nicolas Maduro has lost all support except for the Russians, Cubans, and other foreign forces he has imported.
Maduro was ready to flee to Cuba but Russia and Cuba convinced him to remain in office. President Trump has warned Cuba to stop military operations helping Maduro.
Maduro has lost all support except for what he has imported from overseas. Today’s events are unfolding in accordance with the Venezuelan National Assembly, declaring Nicolas Maduro illegitimate & a usurper. Maduro doesn’t want the world to watch freedom happen in real time. https://t.co/MvZjK9aBOj
— John Bolton (@AmbJohnBolton) April 30, 2019
Maduro has lost all support except for what he has imported from overseas. Today’s events are unfolding in accordance with the Venezuelan National Assembly, declaring Nicolas Maduro illegitimate & a usurper. Maduro doesn’t want the world to watch freedom happen in real time. https://t.co/MvZjK9aBOj
— John Bolton (@AmbJohnBolton) April 30, 2019
Juan Guaido continued his march westward through Caracas, largely unopposed, but without the military support he says he has.
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“The night is still young… Guaidó continues his march westward through Caracas, really unopposed” – Juan Guaidó’s UK representative Vanessa Neumann on whether the opposition leader played his hand too soon@maitlis | @vanessaneumann | #newsnight pic.twitter.com/D59Tn8Gt2B
— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) April 30, 2019
Smoke and tear gas filled the air outside the military base in Caracas, where crowds chanting “Free Venezuela” flocked to embrace the band of soldiers who joined Juan Guaido’s bid to oust President Nicolas Maduro https://t.co/MPLIhH9pCC
— AFP news agency (@AFP) April 30, 2019
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