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30 Apr 2019

Venezuela’s Guaidó calls for uprising against Maduro

International Editor

“This is the moment” – the words of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido early this morning in Caracas, flanked by military defectors. He called his supporters out on to the streets and asked for the rest of the Army to join him to oust President Nicolas Maduro. But after violent scenes, in which armoured vehicles hit protestors, the Maduro government still seems to be in charge.