Of venezuela, getting to the side of the constitution. Its a coup against maduro. Now the extent of the military break though with president Nicolas Maduro is unclear. The maduro regime calling it a small group of traitors. The Trump White House declared its support for guaido months ago. Still its aggressive statement supporting todays coup are significant. Vice president pence leading support for the coup saying in spanish were with you and likewise the secretary of state mike pompeo says the United States supports the venezuelan people for their quest for freedom and democracy. Whats the Current Situation on the streets there, jorge . Reporter pretty tense situation, john. Right now we have been seeing images coming from the east part of caracas where supporters of juan guaido recognized as interim president by the u. S. Has been gathering to start a strategy that they call operation lebertad, liberty operation, where they will finally take maduro out of the presidency. What were se
The runway tarmac with its tail end engulfed in flames before coming to a stop and smoke was billowing from the wreckage. Passengers escaped the flames three emergency exits near the front of the plane and ran down the tarmac to safety. Flames can be seen burning on the runway as the fuel leaks from the wreckage. Plane was heading to the Northern City of vermont but according to a statement from the airport the pilot turned back around for unspecified technical reasons. Tracking radar as the pilot lived around over the airport before attempting to land. At this time it is still unclear what caused the fire and crash is under investigation. The planes manufacturers sukhoi civil aircraft to the play involved in the accident have received maintenance at the beginning of april and they said the flight had some or pilot had 1400 hours of flying experience in this plane. This is the same kind of plane that was grounded in 2016 by Russian Aviation authorities over safety concerns after inspec
With armed forces but to warn you, what you are about to see is disturbing and graphic. You will see what Armored Vehicles driving into the crowds, mowing people over. Just some of what has been going on in the past couple of hours as weve been watching there in caracas on the streets and learning cnn has been taken off the air there. Journalist stefano is in the capital of caracas and tell us what is happening right now. Reporter what is happening, brooke, is that the intense standoff between the Security Military forces who are still on the side of embattled president Nicolas Maduro and the propertiers that have be propertiers and the protests here are still ongoing. Just at the end of this road, just at the background of the pictures, you could see smoke rising because teargas has been used profusely today and paramedics caring those affected or injured. Weve been hearing for the best part of today live ammunition being fired here in caracas. Which is quite a significant development
State Department State Department Correspondent richardson with what is happening in venezuela right now. Good evening. Interim president and Opposition Leader juan cueto is moving to assume power, urging venezuelas military leadership to abandon Nicolas Maduro and join the democratic movement. Please be as bad, some viewers may find these images disturbin disturbing. An Armored Vehicle plows through protesters. Maduro Regime Security violently scattering people in the street. They are demonstrating and what Opposition Leader juan guaido says is the beginning of the final phase of operation libert liberty. Translator we are here today and we will resist today, urging all soldiers to join in this legitimate fight of all venezuela. Guaido became the day, proclaiming the moment is now, releasing a videos showing him surrounded by a soldier at a caracas airbase. Then the demonstrations, protesters throwing rocks and molotov cocktails. Maduros heavily Armed Security forces mobilized quickly
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