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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: Ptarmigan on February 02, 2019, 04:52:46 PM
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Venezuelan general urges military to disavow Maduro as opposition stages rallies
http://news.trust.org/item/20190202142027-4dyiv
CARACAS, Feb 2 (Reuters) - An active Venezuelan general called on the armed forces to rebel against President Nicolas Maduro and to recognize the opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim chief as pressure at home and abroad grows on the head of state to step down.
In a video circulating on Twitter on Saturday, General Francisco Yanez of the air force's high command, said most of the armed forces already disavowed Maduro, who claims he is victim of a coup directed by the United States.
"People of Venezuela, 90 percent of the armed forces of Venezuela are not with the dictator, they are with the people of Venezuela," Yanez said in the video.
Socialism is detrimental. Venezuela, a once thriving nation, is on the brink of collapse due to socialism.
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We need to send AOC and Bernie down there to fix it with a new green deal :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
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‘I Am Just Another Soldier’: Maduro Trains to Fight U.S. Troops in Venezuela
https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2019/02/07/venezuela-maduro-training-troops/
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro once again posted videos of himself Wednesday appearing to train with his armed forces to prepare for an allegedly incoming U.S. invasion, this time participating in what appear to be cardiovascular exercises and training with the national air force.
Maduro has managed to retain control of much of the military since the nation’s legislature, the National Assembly, deposed him and replaced him with current President Juan Guaidó, as mandated by the Venezuelan constitution. The Air Force, however, has been among the least loyal. Last week, one of the highest ranking soldiers to defect to Guaidó, Air Force General Francisco Esteban Yánez Rodríguez posted a video on social media claiming “90 percent of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces are not with the dictator” and urging more to defect.
Maduro’s visit to air force training appears to be an attempt to dispel the perception of abandonment that Yánez’s video created.
Nicolás Maduro has a Twitter account. He is preparing for war.