Maduro's defense minister said he had defeated the uprising: "Guaidó and López ridiculed each other."

After the morning of Tuesday, a group of soldiers released in Caracas the opposition leader Leopoldo López and rebelled against the government, the Venezuelan Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino López, badured the situation is "controlled"He described the coup as "mediocre" and sent a message to the leaders of the opposition: "They ridiculed themselves."

According to Padrino López, 80% of the soldiers who revolted at the La Carlota military base, they returned to their units "and took charge of their commanders". "They were driven there deceived"in order to achieve" a state of a weak magnitude ".

Although the minister badured "that part of the military uprising had been defeated", he blamed the opposition leadership for all murder and violence that may occur. "This act is in search of the dead, he is looking for bloodshed in the streets of Caracas, "he said.

Padrino López, a powerful ally of President Nicolás Maduro, also stressed that will not allow "no aggression against sovereignty "and warned:" Whoever arrives at Miraflores (government palace) to suffer violence will be overthrown by violence. "If you must use weapons (…) we will use them, "he said.

Guaidó calls "street without return"

Contrary to the statements of Vladimir Padrino, the president of the Venezuelan Parliament, Juan Guaidó, insisted that he have the support armed forces. In this way, accompanied by Leopoldo López, He called his supporters to go down the street.

"The moment is now! The 24 states of the country have taken the road: street without return. The future belongs to us: peoples and armed forces united by the end of the usurpation, "Guaidó said on Twitter, recognized as interim president by half a hundred governments around the world.