Maduro returns to surround himself with military and asks them to prevent Venezuela from being "a gringo flag star"

CARACAS.- The President of V

enezuela

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Nicolás Maduro

He again surrounded himself with military and urged them to "prevent Venezuela from becoming a gringo flag star" while attacking the "failed coup de état".

"We are at the height of the historical era in which we must live.Today, the future of Venezuela is decided, if he wants to become a star of the flag gringo or s & # 39; 39; he continues to wave his tricolor flag with his eight stars free and sovereign. ", Said Maduro during an act in the Navy Apostadero of Turiamo, State of Aragua.

Maduro made a rare mention of opposition mobilization with more than 300 events being held across the country and led by the Speaker of the National Assembly.

Juan Guaidó,

self-proclaimed president of the country with the support of the United States and other Latin American countries. "Yesterday you saw the failed conspirators with the gringo flag, they are no longer hiding, they took out a statue of freedom, they smeared our flag and they dressed it in tricolor, shit," he said. he lamented.

"They want to tear our country apart for the gringo empire and the local oligarchies, they want to dismember Venezuela, cradle of the freedom and dignity of Latin America," he said.

Thus, facing the possibility of a foreign military intervention, Maduro justified the civil-military union by which he had invited the population to enlist as army militiamen. "Neither intervention nor civil war, there must be peace in Venezuela and this peace will be guaranteed with the civil-military union," he said.

Maduro, who claimed to be the "hardworking president," recalled at the ceremony the 224th anniversary of the birth of Antonio José de Sucre, one of Venezuela's independence leaders. He concluded with a cry "always loyal, like Sucre, never treacherous, like Santander", in reference to Francisco de Paula Santander, who rebelled and tried to kill Simón Bolívar.

January 23
Guaidó is proclaimed "president in charge", in response to the decision of
Mature to begin January 10 a second term that neither the opposition nor a large part of the international community recognizes because it is based
during a presidential election, those of May 20, undemocratic.

Guaidó defined a "road map" to end the "usurpation of power" and create a transitional government leading to the holding of "free" elections. The United States, Canada and most countries in the region have recognized it as "president in charge" and offered their support in the framework of the "democratic transition".

This week, 43 people died as a result of these disorders, according to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and more than 900 have been arrested, according to data updated Thursday by the NGO Venezuelan Foro Penal.

DPA Agency