Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido used his latest mass rally on Saturday to reiterate an appeal to the army to end its support for Nicolas Maduro’s regime, and announced massive Mayday protests to oust the embattled president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guaido told supporters at the rally in Caracas that \nthe support of the army was “fundamental” to oust Maduro, “but time is \npassing and the wait cannot be eternal.” He reminded military leaders \nthey have “a historic opportunity resting on their shoulders.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite\n support from more than 50 states who recognise him as interim \npresident, US-backed Guaido has been unable to affect Maduro’s grip on \nthe military, which continues to keep him in power, along with allies \nChina and Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guaido will aim to keep up the street pressure \non the regime with a huge Mayday protest on Wednesday that he said would\n be “the largest in the country’s history.” At his rally on Saturday, he\n held a swearing-in ceremony for “freedom commandos” volunteers he has \nput in charge of organising ongoing protests against the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\n government has also called for mass pro-Maduro demonstrations to be \nheld as part of its annual Mayday parade. On Saturday, several thousand \nMaduro supporters flocked onto the streets, responding to the ruling \nsocialist PSUV party’s call to “celebrate” Venezuela’s exit from the \nOrganisation of American States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Caracas announced in 2017 that \nit would leave the organisation which it accuses of participating in a \nUS-directed campaign to destabilise the government. “The hard-core \npeople are mobilising to celebrate our final withdrawal from the US \nColonial Office the OAS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The last Maduro envoys at the embassy \nleft after the OAS voted on April 10 to accept Guaido’s envoy to \nrepresent Venezuela at the Washington-based body until new presidential \nelections can be held.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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