Venezuelan General Breaks With Maduro Ahead of Street Protests
- Air force general claims 90% of armed forces opposes Maduro
- U.S.-backed Guaido’s supporters set to march in Caracas
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A top Venezuelan air force officer broke with embattled President Nicolas Maduro and called on the military to back U.S.-supported opposition leader Juan Guaido.
In a video message reported by El Nacional and other Venezuelan media, General Francisco Esteban Yanez Rodriguez pledged his support to Guaido and asserted that 90 percent of the armed forces oppose Maduro, who faces increasing pressure by President Donald Trump’s administration to make way for his rival.