Venezuela: Nicolás Maduro says his government is carrying out actions of “legitimate internal and external defense” | THE WORLD

President A Venezuela, Nicolas Madurosaid this Wednesday that his government is taking all actions “internal and external legal protection” while he said that several people had been arrested last morning – he did not specify the number – which he called “hired“, who – he assured – were planning a coup d’état.

“Venezuela constitutionally and legally carries out all actions of internal and external legal protection And rest assured that we will come out of this better than any previous battle, and we will have more peace, more recovery, more growth and more strength as a country.“, the president said in a televised event.

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Maduro said that after these arrests there is “good information” to eliminate the gangs, which he claimed were government-sponsored USAalthough he did not give more details about it.

On Tuesday, the president announced that the authorities had detained two Americans, two Colombians and three Ukrainians, who, according to the president, were planning the actions “terrorists» on the eve of the inauguration of the president.

The Chavista leader, who insists he will be sworn in as head of state for a third consecutive six-year term on Friday, January 10, said the detainees join another 125 people of 25 nationalities seized in the past few months. November and December.

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Venezuela is experiencing a crisis unleashed after the July 28 presidential election in which Maduro was declared the winner by the electoral body, the result marked as “fraudulent” of the majority opposition, which declares the victory of its leader, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.

Last Friday, the Venezuelan executive announced the deployment of 1,200 troops to “guarantee peace” in connection with the inauguration of the presidency, which both Maduro and González Urrutia, who is on an American tour, assure.

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