Newsweek: Venezuela Crisis: Juan Guaidó Calls for Day of Protest to Win Military Support
The self-declared interim president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, called on citizens to take to the streets Wednesday as he attempted to win over the country’s powerful military to help him depose dictator President Nicolás Maduro.
The crisis-stricken South American nation is in the grip of a power struggle between Maduro, the authoritarian leader in power since 2013, and 35-year-old Guaidó, who leads the opposition-controlled National Assembly.
Opposition supporters are hoping they can win over enough of the military establishment to challenge Maduro’s hold on power, Reuters reported. Guaidó has offered amnesty to any military figures who defect to his parallel administration, and has called on supporters to distrubute a pamphlet with details about the amnesty proposal during mass protests planned for Wednesday
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WNU Editor: Will the top officers who were appointed by President Nicolás Maduro turn against him. Hmmmmm .... I doubt it. As for everyone else in the military. I suspect that many want Maduro gone. Who will persevere? My money is on the military staying loyal to President Maduro .... at least for now.
