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Venezuelan Guaidó Wants to Coordinate with Pentagon


Sun 12 May 2019 | 01:24 PM
Yassmine Elsayed

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó says he's instructed his political envoy in Washington to immediately open relations with the U.S. military, AP reported.

Guaidó said Saturday that he's asked his ambassador Carlos Vecchio to open "direct communications" toward possible coordination. U.S.-backed Guaidó is leading a campaign to oust President Nicolás Maduro.

In recent days Venezuelan security forces arrested National Assembly Vice President Edgar Zambrano, the body's No. 2 leader. Other lawmakers also scrambled for refuge in foreign embassies amid renewed fears of a crackdown following an unsuccessful military rebellion.

Guaidó says he's keeping "all options on the table" to remove Maduro, repeating language used by U.S. President Donald Trump and his chief advisers. Earlier this week, U.S. Navy Adm. Craig Faller said he would meet Guaidó when invited to discuss the future role of Venezuela's armed forces.