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The plot that failed: how Venezuela's 'uprising' fizzled
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jun 02, 2019 09:20pm |
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| Category | Analysis |
| Author | Patricia Torres, Julian Borger, Joe Parkin Daniels, and Tom Phillips |
| News Date | Friday, May 3, 2019 07:45:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The video that appeared on Tuesday morning had the appearance of history in the making. In the purple light of dawn, it showed a group of armed men and a military vehicle on a road leading to La Carlota airbase in eastern Caracas.
In the foreground, stood Juan Guaidó – the head of the national assembly recognised by most western countries as the rightful leader of Venezuela – declaring the “final phase of Operation Freedom” with oratory seemingly destined for legend.
“Today, brave soldiers, brave patriots, brave men loyal to the constitution have heard our call. We have finally met on the streets of Venezuela,” Guaidó said.
Behind him, was the country’s most prominent political prisoner, Leopoldo López who had been under house arrest since 2017. The fact that he was free as the uprising was being declared seemed proof that something significant was afoot.
We now know that there was indeed a plan designed to resolve the dangerous standoff in the country between Guaidó’s assembly and the socialist government of Nicolás Maduro, heir to Hugo Chávez’s Bolivarian revolution. |
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