Tag: military uprising

• Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Norway, the seat for discussions between Venezuelan officials and opposition?

  

  Representatives of Venezuela's government and the opposition have traveled to Norway to discuss potential options following a failed uprising against President Nicolas Maduro, according to four opposition sources.

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  Venezuelan general calls on forces to rise against Maduro, controlled by the Cuban “communist dictatorship”

  

  A Venezuelan general called on the country's armed forces on Sunday to rise up against President Nicolas Maduro, who has relied on the backing of the military to hold on to power despite an economic collapse.

• Thursday, May 9th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Maduro's police arrest the Venezuelan Parliament vice president after the failed military uprising

  

  The intelligence of Nicolás Maduro's regime detained Edgar Zambrano, vice president of the National Assembly (AN) of Venezuela, on Wednesday, after having supported the military uprising on April 30 against the authoritarian mandatory in the framework of the final phase of Operation Freedom, led by Parliament’s president, Juan Guaidó.

• Wednesday, May 1st 2019 - 03:09 UTC

  US claims Russia dissuaded Maduro from fleeing to Cuba, following a plot by several top officials

  

  The United States claimed on Tuesday that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was on his way out, saying he had a plane ready and that senior officials were plotting to oust him, even as the leftist firebrand appeared to survive a military uprising.