Maduro appeared in a late-night televised address and said, 'We must never surrender.”
Opposition Leader Juan Guaidó calls for an uprising against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The U.S. and its allies see Mr. Guaidó as the country’s legitimate leader. By Kejal Vyas Updated April 30, 2019 11:38 p.m.
Mr. Maduro, who stayed out of the public eye for much of the day, appeared in a late-night televised address flanked by the military’s top brass.He promised to deliver justice to Mr. Guaidó and dismissed what he said were Washington-led efforts to sow divisions in his government. .webui-slideshow-inset a:link, a:visited { color: initial; } Photos: Venezuelan Opposition Begins ‘Operation Freedom’Scenes from Caracas after opposition leader Juan Guaidó appeared with members of the military and called for mass demonstrations Members of the Venezuelan National Guard who joined the opposition fired into the air to repel government forces in Caracas on Tuesday.
The Maduro administration said it was moving to put down what it called a coup attempt and said it maintained control of the country. Mr. Maduro said via his Twitter account that he had spoken to commanders of key brigades and they had “manifested their loyalty to the people, the constitution, the Fatherland.”
U.S. national security adviser John Bolton, who has helped design the U.S. policy against the Maduro government, said that key members of Mr. Maduro’s government have been talking to the opposition and agreed to a peaceful transfer of power to Mr. Guaidó. Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó speaks to reporters outside an air base in Caracas on Tuesday. Photo: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters Many Venezuelans saw Mr. Guaidó’s call as an opportunity to remove a regime reviled for food shortages, blackouts and a collapsing economy. Mr. Maduro’s tenure since 2013 has been marred by waves of deadly protests and widespread condemnation of human rights violations by state security forces.
Crowds of Maduro supporters, many dressed in his socialist party’s preferred red color, gathered at the Miraflores presidential palace in downtown Caracas, about 7 miles west of the air base.
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