A Venezuelan colonel ignored Nicolás Maduro, lined up with Guaidó and asked for humanitarian aid to enter

Nicolás Maduro has less strength every day. With very little support in Venezuelan society, several soldiers began to turn their backs on him. This Saturday, a senior officer of the armed forces announced that he does not know as president and who is aligned with Juan Guaidó.

"On January 23, I paraded in uniform with the Venezuelan people to ignore Maduro as president and recognize Juan Guaidó as interim president and commander-in-chief of the national armed forces, "said army colonel Rubén Paz Jiménez.

"Let's be brave, do not be afraid, together, the armed forces, the people and President Guaidó will rebuild Venezuela," said Paz Jimenez in the recorded video, adding: "90% of the armed forces we are unhappy. We are used to keep them in power. "

The colonel, who also identified himself as a doctor, asked the army to authorize the entry of humanitarian aid to Venezuela. "As a doctor, I recognize the country's health problems and ask all members of the armed forces to: allow humanitarian aid to enter. There are many lives we can save. Let the people have the right to health, "he said.

Paz Jiménez is the second officer who rebels against Maduro in a week. The active general Francisco Esteban Yánez Rodríguez, of the Department of Strategic Planning for Aviation, announced on February 2 that he was unaware of it and asked his military comrades "not to turn their backs" to the people of Venezuela "more. "

Late last month, the military attache of the Venezuelan Embbady in Washington, Colonel of the National Guard Jose Luis Silva, also ignored Maduro and called on the army to restore democracy in Venezuela. After his statement, the Ministry of Defense posted on his Twitter account photographs of the colonel in which he is accused of "traitor" and said in a statement that he will be "active reserve" from July.