Venezuela’s armed forces on Tuesday reaffirmed their “absolute loyalty” to President Nicolas Maduro, whose re-election is under dispute, rejecting opposition calls for support that they see as “desperate and inflammatory”.
“We resolutely reject the desperate and seditious proposals” that “seek to undermine our unity,” Defense Minister General Vladimir Padrino said in a statement, reaffirming “absolute loyalty to citizen Nicolás Maduro Moros (…), legitimately elected by the people’s power.”
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia called on the military and police on Monday to prevent what they call a “coup d’état” by President Nicolás Maduro to stay in power.
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