The Venezuelan military attache in the United States breaks with Nicolás Maduro and aligns on the opposition leader – 26/01/2019

Venezuela's military attache to the United States broke with the regime and announced that it would be placed under the orders of opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, self-proclaimed interim president of Venezuela.

In a video broadcast on social networks, a publication of the Nuevo Herald and Senator Marco Rubio himself, it was learned that Colonel José Luis Silva Silva, appointed by Nicolás Maduro in ageaduria in North America, was aligned with Venezuelan dissent.

It would be the first interim and superior military officer to leave Maduro. And it's an indicator of frictions at the pinnacle of chavism power because of the depth of the crisis affecting the Caribbean country.

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"As Venezuela's defense attaché to the United States, I do not recognize Mr. Nicolás Maduro as president of Venezuela," said Silva from Washington in a telephone interview with the Nuevo Herald.

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"When the homeland calls the cry of the mother, it means that if we are to give our lives to our people, we must do it," says Silva Silva's video.

"Friends, we have children, Family, to which we must respond to express my attachment to the road map of President Juan Guaidó, which is based on 1. the cessation of the usurpation of the executive power 2. which initiates the transition to a new government and 3. free and transparent elections for all Venezuelans who wish to participate. "

Washington. Agencies