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You may have heard of Havana Times, opposed to the Cuban government and
moderated in Nicaragua (I think.). The account doesn’t fully make sense to me,
but I believe this person is in Venezuela.
ken h
There was no coup in Venezuela
https://havanatimes.org/?p=152936 <https://havanatimes.org/?p=152936>
HAVANA TIMES – There was no coup d’etat in Venezuela on April 30th. Twenty-five
militarymen with a few tanks, on a highway bridge that passes in front of La
Carlota military base (in East Caracas); weren’t going to overthrow any
government.
The Miraflores Palace is at least 50 kms away from this military base. Nobody
attempts a coup and shoots in the opposite direction to where the president is.
If there really was any intention to carry out a coup, Guaido would have
crossed Caracas until he reached Miraflores. Or, he would have at least dropped
some bombs from a plane. That’s what Chavez did in his attempt to take power
from Carlos Andres Perez in 1992.
With the director of SEBIN (Bolivarian National Intelligence Service), Manuel
Ricardo Cristopher Figuera, on their side, then they could have achieved a lot
more… if that’s what they really wanted. But, clearly the coup (as Diosdado
Cabello declared it) was not Juan Guaido’s real intention, since it would look
a little strange in the international community’s eyes if a legitimate
president was attempting a coup against the government of an illegitimate
president.
In the beginning, it seemed so stupid to stop on a bridge with some boxes full
of bananas and ammunition, arming an entire communications network, as if it
were reality TV.
It was clear that they wouldn’t get anywhere and that afterwards, it would be
enough to demoralize those who wish for Maduro and his companions at Moraflores
to leave. As the hours passed on, I found out that Maduro had already named the
new director of SEBIN.
Saying “new” is a euphemism because he replaced him with the former director,
who wasn’t dismissed for leading one of the most blood-hungry repressive forces
in recent decades, but instead for having stopped the procession of the
presidential caravan; and to be perfectly clear: because he was Diosdao
Cabello’s confident.
During the hours the coup was allegedly taking place, Nicolas Maduro didn’t
issue a single statement. It was Diosdado Cabello who called upon groups known
as “Collectives” as well as other Chavista supporters and militia.
The twenty-five soldiers who stood with Guaido, are at the Brazilian embassy
requesting asylum.
At the very beginning, Juan Guaido said that they had seized the La Carlota
military base. Bad for him because media manipulation is proof that you can
manipulate people in other countries too. Yesterday, he was on the street,
along with thousands of anti-government protestors, and announced the beginning
of a tiered national strike in the public sector.
I don’t know whether a national strike would be of any good in a country that
is somewhat paralyzed. What strikes me is that Guaido has been accused of
leading a coup attempt, even when the protests are still on the street. What is
Nicolas Maduro afraid of? What agreement might the two parties agreed on?
The former SEBIN director hasn’t fled his duties, in fact he seems to be the
least dishonest in this situation, in spite of me never liking or trusting the
military; but here you can read what he had to say.
http://puntodecorte.com/comunicado-director-del-sebin-cristopher-figuera/
<http://puntodecorte.com/comunicado-director-del-sebin-cristopher-figuera/>
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