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Juan Guaido declares 'final phase' of operation to topple Venezuela's Maduro

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido made his boldest attempt yet to seize power from embattled President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday morning, announcing an uprising alongside a group of soldiers in the capital Caracas.


The unrest started with a dawn address, in which Guaido declared he was "beginning the final phase of Operation Freedom," an escalation of his bid to oust Maduro, which started in January. He was flanked by men in military fatigues and armored vehicles.


Speaking alongside opposition figure Leopoldo Lopez -- apparently freed from house arrest by defecting soldiers -- Guaido declared the "start of the end of the usurpation" in a video filmed outside La Carlota military airbase in Caracas early on Tuesday.


Venezuela's Information Minister Jorge Rodríguez called Guaido's action an attempted "coup" on Twitter -- a term which Guaido rejects -- and noted that the government would "deactivate" "a small number of traitorous military personnel."


Maduro himself responded to the unrest in a tweet, saying that regional defense bodies had expressed "total loyalty" and calling on the public to rally in support of the government, but he made no public appearances.



Source: CNN




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