Early Tuesday morning – after years of deteriorating conditions under the leadership of Nicolás Maduro – the leader of Venezuela’s opposition party, Juan Guaidó, called the Venezuelan people to action.
According to the Guardian, Guaidó took to Twitter at dawn to share a video announcing that the military was standing with the opposition and that this was the “final phase” toward freedom and democracy in Venezuela. The video showed Guadió surrounded by military personnel.
En el marco de nuestra constitución. Y por el cese definitivo de la usurpación. https://t.co/3RD2bnQhxt
— Juan Guaidó (@jguaido) April 30, 2019
After this, with the help of the military, the opposition leader reportedly freed opposition politician Leopoldo López who was arrested as a political prisoner in 2014 and was under house arrest.
Lopez seemingly confirmed his rescue tweeting, “The definitive phase towards the end of the usurpation has begun, Operation Freedom. I’ve been freed by soldiers following the constitution and President Guaidó. I’m at the La Carlota base. Let’s all mobilise. It’s time to win Freedom. Strength and Faith.”
The Associated Press reports that López also called on the people to take to the streets saying, “This is the moment of all Venezuelans, those in uniform and those who aren’t. Everyone should come to the streets,…
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