It was definitely touch and go earlier today in Venezuela as the people there rose up to attempt to remove the illegitimate Russo-Cuban puppet Nicolas Maduro. That effort now seems to have failed.

Screengrab from https://twitter.com/BabakTaghvaee/status/1123313444277633024 //cropped

Two of the main leaders of the recognized government, former political prisoner Leopoldo Lopez, and de jure President Juan Guaido, have abandoned the struggle.

Lopez and his family have taken asylum in the Chilean embassy. Guaido is sheltering at La Carlota Air Base, which is under control of forces loyal to him. There are reports that five supreme court justices are also in the Chilean embassy.

#BREAKING: While #Venezuela's Opposition Leader,#Guaido is now sheltered in La Carlota AB (under control of loyal officers), Leopoldo López who was the man standing with him & who invited people to stand against dictator #Maduro has now been given asylum in #Chile's embassy. pic.twitter.com/La2BhWhbp4

— Babak Taghvaee – Μπάπακ Τακβαίε – بابک تقوایی (@BabakTaghvaee) April 30, 2019

There are still a lot of people in the street and some military units have defected from Maduro to Guaido, but, right now, it looks like Maduro has weathered this crisis.

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