Chavismo says Guaidó met with Venezuelan officials in secret

"We are ready to meet all the officials for the cessation of the usurpation and free elections," Guaidó said Saturday at a rally with supporters in the southeast of Caracas.

"What if we discussed with officials or not? Of course, we did," he continued, without however directly authorizing a meeting with Diosdado Cabello.

Guaidó had previously denied this alleged meeting, after which the government released a video that shows a thin man with his head covered with the hood of his sweater, which according to the Minister of Communication, Jorge Rodríguez, is Guaidó.

"Take what they want, inventions with or without hoods, here they will not confuse anyone, here is peace"the parliamentary leader challenged the government.

In the video of a CCTV, also include Cabello and the chavist leader Freddy Bernal, who, according to the minister, were invited by Guaidó.

The number two of Chavismo, for his part, has again challenged this Saturday.

"You decide, Guaidó, keep talking about nonsense and we'll take everything we talked about, it's in your hands," said Cabello, who said the opponent had made it at the meeting without the permission of his allies.

The release of the video on Friday provoked fury among social networks, where many Venezuelans joked and joined #GuaidoChallenge (Reto Guaidó), posting photos of themselves, their children or their pets. company wearing hooded clothes.

The head of parliament, a majority of the opposition, said Wednesday the interim president after the Congress declared "usurper" in Maduro for having started on 10 January a second term deemed illegitimate by the international community, which considers that that his reelection was fraudulent