Maduro calls on Venezuela military to fight 'any coup'
- 5 years ago
At least four people are dead and hundreds injured in the two days of protests after opposition leader Juan Guaido called for a military uprising in Venezuela.
This as President Nicolas Maduro called on his armed forces to oppose "any coup".
Lee Seung-jae reports.
At least four people have died and around 230 people were injured in the two days of protests in Venezuela,... as Juan Guaido called for an uprising against President Maduro.
According to the Venezuelan Observatory of Social Conflict,... the dead from the uprising on Tuesday and Wednesday included two people who were shot in the city of La Victoria and two others hit by gunfire in Caracas.
The human rights group adds that over 200 people were detained during clashes between protesters and police.
After the failed uprising by forces supporting the opposition leader,... Maduro called on forces loyal to him to oppose "any coup plotter".
The call to arms came during a ceremony in which 45-hundred military personnel were present.
Surrounded by soldiers in the televised event,... Maduro says the government is in combat adding they should keep their morale high in the fight to disarm, who he called traitors.
Meanwhile on Thursday,... Venezuela's top court issued an arrest warrant for Leopoldo Lopez, an opposition activist who took refuge in the Spanish Embassy after joining the effort to oust Maduro.
The court ordered police to detain Lopez for violating terms of his house arrest when Lopez appeared outside a military base in Caracas with Guaido,... urging the military to overthrow Maduro.
Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.
This as President Nicolas Maduro called on his armed forces to oppose "any coup".
Lee Seung-jae reports.
At least four people have died and around 230 people were injured in the two days of protests in Venezuela,... as Juan Guaido called for an uprising against President Maduro.
According to the Venezuelan Observatory of Social Conflict,... the dead from the uprising on Tuesday and Wednesday included two people who were shot in the city of La Victoria and two others hit by gunfire in Caracas.
The human rights group adds that over 200 people were detained during clashes between protesters and police.
After the failed uprising by forces supporting the opposition leader,... Maduro called on forces loyal to him to oppose "any coup plotter".
The call to arms came during a ceremony in which 45-hundred military personnel were present.
Surrounded by soldiers in the televised event,... Maduro says the government is in combat adding they should keep their morale high in the fight to disarm, who he called traitors.
Meanwhile on Thursday,... Venezuela's top court issued an arrest warrant for Leopoldo Lopez, an opposition activist who took refuge in the Spanish Embassy after joining the effort to oust Maduro.
The court ordered police to detain Lopez for violating terms of his house arrest when Lopez appeared outside a military base in Caracas with Guaido,... urging the military to overthrow Maduro.
Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.