VIDEO: Tension in Venezuela for a civil and military uprising against Nicolás Maduro

Venezuela remained unresolved today, more than 16 hours after the start of a military civilian uprising aimed at expelling President Nicolás Maduro from the government, while both sides claimed that they had succeeded and that the United States had revealed the failure of negotiations to dismiss President Chavez.

The events began this morning, when the army released the opposition leader, Leopoldo López, who was serving a prison sentence at his home, and took him near the airbase La Carlota military, in the east of Caracas.

Lopez – who would take refuge at the Chilean embbady in Venezuela with his family – met with the parliament's acting president, Juan Guaidó, and other anti-Chavez leaders, wearing blue bracelets with which they have been identified. military elevators.

The head of the executive then said that the armed forces had "made the right decision" and called on the population to "gather on the street to support the democratic forces".

However, the rebels did not control La Carlota and hundreds of anti-Chavez supporters gathered nearby, where detonations were heard and riots broke out when protesters tried to enter the base.

In this region and others in Caracas, as well as in at least 14 other cities, clashes have raged protesters against police and paramilitaries, leaving at least 80 injured and 25 others arrested, according to sources.

Guaidó then went to Plaza Francia, in the district of Altamira, where he called on the military to join the uprising. In the afternoon, he announced that he was leading a march to the presidential palace. Miraflores, but three hours later, there was no news about it.

In any case, Maduro only appeared at noon with a message on Twitter in which he claimed that military commanders from all over the country had guaranteed his "total loyalty" and called for "the biggest popular mobilization possible to ensure the victory of peace. "

Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and her brother, the Minister of Communication and Information, Jorge Rodríguez, spokesman of the Chavez government, did not speak during the day.

Yes, they did it in the middle of the afternoon. Captain Chaosmo number two, Captain Diosdado Cabello, badured that the rebels were "completely defeated" and Chancellor Jorge Arreaza, who said the country was "completely normal", while admitting that scenario is possible. "

The situation seemed to be explained at the end of the afternoon, when US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Washington that everything had been negotiated for Maduro to leave Venezuela "this morning" but that the Russian government had dissuaded him. at the last moment.

Pompeo's statement follows a contradiction between White House National Security Advisor John Bolton and US Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams.

Bolton said Washington had negotiated Maduro's departure with three of his aides: Defense Minister General Vladimir Padrino; the President of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), Maikel Moreno, and the commander of the presidential guard, General Iván Hernández.

Later, Abrams confirmed that there had been talks with the three officials of Chavez, but he badured that they were going to see anti-Chavez leaders without the participation of the United States.

The facts were eagerly followed around the world, but much of the information provided was not possible to confirm or lacked veracity.

In this context, the NGO Netbloks denounced the fact that the public telephone company Cantv had blocked Venezuelans' access to social networks, and the British and American BBC networks CNN ensured that their signals were extinguished in Venezuela.