RT - Self declared Venezuelan interim President Juan Guaido has called for a military uprising in a video shot at a Caracas airbase. In the video he is accompanied by a number of soldiers, and detained activist Leopoldo Lopez.
The moment is now,Guaido declared standing near heavily armed soldiers and an armored vehicle.
The three-minute video was shot ahead of a planned anti-government rally on Tuesday, in which Guaidosaid that the soldiers deployed into the streets would be acting toprotect Venezuelas constitution."
En el marco de nuestra constitucin. Y por el cese definitivo de la usurpacin.https://t.co/3RD2bnQhxt
Guaido had earlier claimed on Twitter that he was meeting withthe key military unitsof the Venezuelan army asthe beginning of the final phase of Operation Freedom.
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