Caracas Mayor Charged as President Sees ‘Endless Coup’
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The opposition mayor of Venezuela’s capital was charged Friday for conspiring against the government after President Nicolas Maduro said he’s facing an “endless coup” amid plunging popularity and a deepening recession.
Intelligence officers in riot gear forced Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma from his office Thursday without a warrant, said lawmaker Richard Blanco of Ledezma’s Brave People’s Alliance. The arrest comes as the opposition reiterated calls for Maduro to step down and the president resurrects charges that his opponents, the U.S., Colombian paramilitaries and business leaders are conspiring against him.