Maduro government calls for defense of Miraflores Palace

Venezuelan Socialist Party leader Diosdado Cabello calls on government supporters to gather in front of the presidential palace to defend President Nicolás Maduro from what he calls a small uprising of US-backed soldiers .

He made these statements on public television after opposition leader Juan Guaidó took to the streets with a small contingent of heavily armed soldiers, accompanied by the arrested militant, Leopoldo López, at the same time. a military uprising.

Lopez called on Venezuelans to go out on the streets "in peace" to overthrow Maduro.

Cabello downplayed the importance of the uprising, said that calm prevailed in Caracas and that La Carlota air base, where rebel soldiers were concentrated, was not attacked.