"Operation Libertad" in Venezuela: Leopoldo López is a refugee at the Embassy of Chile

The leader of the Venezuelan opposition Leopolo López, who left Tuesday the prison that he was serving at home and went public together with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Juan Guaidó, he fled to the Chilean embbady in Caracas in the midst of serious incidents.

López, pardoned by Guaidó in his role as interim president, was kicked out of his residence this morning by soldiers who took him to the periphery of the La Carlota military air base. at the beginning of an uprising aimed at overthrowing the president of the government Nicolás Maduro.

Lopez and six soldiers asked to be admitted as guests of the Chilean representation, but after consulting the Chancery of Santiago, only the leader of the Voluntad People's Party was admitted.

A refuge of this style is usually the previous stage of the asylum application in this country. At the Chilean embbady in Caracas, opposition leaders Roberto Enríquez (more than two years) and Freddy Guevara have also been refugees for a year and a half.

The situation in Venezuela

A group of Venezuelan soldiers revolted on Tuesday against President Nicolás Maduro and to support Juan Guaidó's opposition, who called on all armed forces to join the movement that the government denounced as a coup d'etat.

Soldiers loyal to the Maduro government fired tear gas at Guaidó and at least one person was injured, according to the news agency EFE.

Guaidó, recognized as the interim president of Venezuela for half a hundred countries, said that the military forces "had taken the plunge" in supporting him as well as his plan to eliminate Maduro from power, which he said was the only way to go. he considers himself an illegitimate president.

After Guaidó's call, thousands of Venezuelans opposed to Maduro mobilized in Caracas and other states in the interior of the country, such as Carabobo (center), Zulia (north-west) or Lara (west).

The President of the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) in power, Mr. Diosdado Cabello, He called on Chavez supporters to focus on the periphery of the presidential palace to "defend" the revolution against the "coup plan".

In the midst of incidents in Caracas, tanks of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) they crushed a group of opposition protesters which were close to La Caralota Air Base. One of the victims was seriously injured and taken to Salud Chaco Hospital in the Venezuelan capital.

The military uprising in Venezuela that seeks to expel President Nicolás Maduro from the government was welcomed by leaders and leaders of international organizations and rejected by Bolivia and Turkey, historical allies of Chavez.