Juan Guaidó makes another dramatic attempt to dislodge Venezuela’s regime
JUAN GUAIDÓ, recognised by most Western and Latin American democracies as Venezuela’s interim president, seems to have decided it was now or never to claim real power. In the early morning of April 30th he stood outside the La Carlota air-force base in Caracas, the capital, to proclaim that Operación Libertad, or Operation Liberty, the final push to free Venezuela from the dictatorial regime of Nicolás Maduro, had begun.
But for Mr Guaidó to wrest power from Mr Maduro, troops will have to defect in large numbers, and that is likely to happen only if their commanders do, too. Rumours of high-level defections circulated throughout the morning. Questions revolved around Manuel Figuera, the general in charge of SEBIN, who has not been heard from.
Before his intervention, most of the people popularly thought to be high-level rebels appeared to have confirmed their loyalty to the regime. José Ornellas, the chief of the armed forces, whom unsubstantiated reports said was the leader of the rebellion, tweeted his backing for Mr Maduro. So did Mr Padrino López.
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