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Caribbean-Latin America
Venezuela air force general calls army to rebel against Maduro as Pres. speaks at rally; thousands march in Caracas to demand dictator steps down
2019-02-03
[DailyMail]
  • General Francisco Yanez posted a video recognizing self-declared Venezuelan acting president Juan Guaido

  • Tens of thousands of Venezuelans poured onto the streets to protest their president

  • Nicolas Maduro has been told to hold elections after his socialist dictatorship brought the country to its knees

  • Meanwhile Maduro made first public appearance since August at rally marking Hugo Chavez's rise to power
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  Isn’t it usually colonels rather than generals?
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-02-03 19:10  

#3  Most every Air Force General led coup I have heard about ends in a farce: they bomb the palace, shout slogans, fly home and are arrested. But when the head of the Tank Division just outside the capitol switches sides ...
Posted by: magpie   2019-02-03 17:07  

#2  Air Force guy, eh? How come it's always the air force plotting coups?
Although, to be fair, this is more like riding the horse in the direction it's going than a coup.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-02-03 13:59  

#1  
Posted by: Angoluse Snoter7633   2019-02-03 08:29  

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