Bolton called on Venezuela’s military to side with Washington protégé Juan Guaido

US security advisor John Bolton called on Venezuela’s military to side with Washington protégé Juan Guaido, who declared a military coup in Caracas on Tuesday.

Bolton, one of the leading US figures in the operation to topple Venezuelan government, called on the country’s Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino to side with Guaido, claiming this would be an act of protection of the Venezuelan Constitution.

https://twitter.com/AmbJohnBolton/status/1123210497115996160

Padrino earlier rejected Guaido as a traitor and said on Twitter that the national armed forces (FANB) were loyal to the country’s legitimate President Nicolas Maduro.

Guaido, the US-backed self-proclaimed ‘interim president’ of Venezuela, announced on Tuesday morning that the time for decisive action against the Maduro government has come and showed a group of people in military uniform standing by his side.

The government said only a small number of ‘traitors’ were supporting Guado’s ‘attempted military coup’ and promised to take the situation under control.

Original: https://www.rt.com/news/457909-bolton-tweets-venezuela-coup/