(CBN) – Venezuela’s dictator Nicolas Maduro appears to still be in control of the South American nation following a day of violent skirmishes between his supporters and opposition forces. Still, the country’s leading politician trying to unseat him from power is urging his countrymen to keep up the pressure. In a video posted on social media, opposition leader Juan Guaidó urged Venezuelans to take to the streets again today and called on the country’s powerful military to join the people seeking change.
Guaidó claims the military, seen as a linchpin to whether the embattled Maduro remains in power, is deserting his government. “We now know for sure that the claim that the regime has control of the Armed Forces, is false,” Guaidó said in the video. “We know that Maduro does not have the support nor the respect of the Armed Forces, much less that of the people of Venezuela.” Overnight, the head of Venezuela’s secret police broke ranks with Maduro, saying the time had come to “rebuild the country” and “seek new ways of doing politics.” READ MORE
