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Maduro exhorts Venezuela military to fight ‘any coup plotter’
CARACAS, May 2, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on
Thursday called on the armed forces to oppose “any coup plotter” after a
failed military uprising by forces supporting opposition leader Juan Guaido.
“Yes, we are in combat, keep morale high in this fight to disarm any
traitor, any coup plotter,” Maduro said at a televised event with the
military high command in which he appeared surrounded by soldiers.
BSS/AFP/RY/1912 hrs