CARACAS, Venezuela — The leader of Venezuela’s armed forces declared loyalty to President Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 24 and said the opposition’s effort to replace him with a transitional government amounted to an attempted coup.
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(Bottom row) Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez (C) delivers a press conference in Caracas, along with General Jesus Suarez Chourio General Commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (L), Commandant of the Armed Forces Strategic Command Operations Remigio Ceballos (2-L), General Jose Adelino Ornelas Ferreira High Command Chief of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (2-R) and Admiral Giuseppe Alessandrello Cimadevilla Commander of the Bolivarian National Navy, "in support of the constitutional president", Nicolas Maduro on Jan. 24, 2019.
