President Nicolas Maduro was ready to flee Venezuela as an uprising against his regime was called until Russia intervened and told him to stay, it was claimed last night as the head of the nation’s secret police turned on the embattled leader.
American Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the besieged president had a plane waiting to take him to Cuba but Vladimir Putin’s administration convinced him to stay in Venezuela.
Despite the Kremlin’s intervention, Manuel Ricardo Cristopher Figuera, the head of Venezuela’s secret police SEBIN, said ‘the time has come to seek new ways of doing politics’ – the most direct challenge so far to Maduro’s leadership from a senior member of the security forces.
Figuera’s note emerged after Pompeo told CNN Maduro was prepared to leave the country on Tuesday morning in the face of a call for an uprising by opposition leader Juan Guaido, but reversed his plan after the intervention of the Kremlin.
He said: ‘They had an airplane on the tarmac. He was ready to leave this morning, as we understand it. Russians indicated he should stay. He was headed for Havana.’
As pressure mounted on Maduro and violent clashes erupted on the streets, Vice President Mike Pence voiced the Trump administration’s support for the opposition in both English and Spanish, by tweeting: ‘We are with you.’
Heavy gunfire crackled through the Venezuelan capital on Tuesday after Guaido called for the military to turn on Maduro and oust the president.
As running battles between anti-government demonstrators and pro-regime troops continued across the capital, video footage emerged showing Maduro’s National Guard running over crowds of protesters during violent clashes.
Armoured vehicles operated by soldiers loyal to the embattled president were seen ploughing into demonstrators in front of La Carlota base in Caracas.
The moment an anti-government demonstrator was struck by a National Guard armoured vehicle was captured in footage posted online
The opposition demonstrator was struck by a Venezuelan National Guard vehicle on a highway near the Generalisimo Francisco de Miranda Airbase ‘La Carlota’ in Caracas
Video footage captured the moment the armoured vehicle mounted the central reservation of the highway outside La Carlota air base in Caracas
Crowds swarmed around the National Guard armoured vehicles after one mowed down a group of protesters
An opposition demonstrator standing in front of at an armoured vehicle in flames during clashes with soldiers loyal to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after troops joined opposition leader Juan Guaido
An anti-government protester walking near a bus that was set on fire by opponents of Venezuela’s President Maduro during clashes between rebel and loyalist soldiers in Caracas
An opposition demonstrator lying in the road injured when Venezuelan security forces used an armoured vehicle to ram demonstrators during clashes outside the La Carlota military base
An opposition demonstrator walking near a bus in flames during clashes with soldiers loyal to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
An opposition demonstrator with chest wounds from government bullets holds a rock as a bus burns in the background near La Carlota in Caracas
In the clip posted online a group of protesters could be seen throwing missiles at a white armoured vehicle. As they launch the assault as second tank emerged from the left and mounted the central reservation of the highway, mowing down a number of people.
One person could be seen falling under the wheels as both vehicles drove off, leaving crowds to swarm around the injured person.
As governments around the world voiced their concern over the violence, SEBIN leader Figuera wrote a letter to the Venezuelan people on Tuesday saying it is time to ‘rebuild the country’. A senior U.S. official confirmed the authenticity of the note circulating on social media.
Venezuela crisis: Which countries are supporting the opposition?
Support for Nicolas Maduro’s regime comes from Russia, China, Turkey, Mexico and Iran, wheres the EU, United States, Canada, Australia and neighbours Brazil recognise Juan Guaido as leader of Venezuela
Supporting ‘interim’ President Juan Guaido:
- United States
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Kosovo
- The EU 27
- Australia
Supporting incumbent President Nicolas Maduro:
- Russia
- Belarus
- Greece
- China
- Iran
- Cuba
- Mexico
- Turkey
- Syria
- Bolivia
- Uruguay
Figuera says he has always been loyal to Maduro, but Venezuela has experienced a damaging decline. Though he does not name opposition leader Juan Guaido, Figuera wrote: ‘The time has come to seek new ways of doing politics.’
Guaido claimed Maduro had lost the support of the military, but the president said he had spoken with his officers who had assured him of their ‘total loyalty’.
The opposition leader urged protesters and members of the military to join what he called the ‘final phase of Operation Liberty’ in a video taken at La Carlota airbase in the capital Caracas while surrounded by heavily-armed soldiers.
The troops then set up defensive positions around the base before Maduro’s forces arrived and opened fire with teargas followed by live rounds, according to witnesses.
At least 69 people were injured in Caracas, two from gunfire, during clashes between demonstrators and security forces, Venezuela’s health services said.
Local press said a third person suffered a gunshot wound while the government claimed a soldier was hit by a bullet during the clashes.
Anti-government demonstrators clashed with troops loyal to Maduro at the air base in the capital hours after opposition leader Guaido took to the streets in a bold and risky attempt to lead a military uprising against the embattled socialist.
‘Nerves of steel!,’ Maduro said on Twitter. ‘I call for maximum popular mobilisation to assure the victory of peace. We will win!’
Several dozen armed troops accompanying Guaido clashed with soldiers supporting Maduro at the rally outside the air base in Caracas early on Tuesday morning.
The early-morning rebellion seems to have only limited military support, but it was by far the most-serious challenge yet to Maduro’s rule since Guaido, with the backing of the U.S. and dozens of other countries, declared himself the country’s interim president in January in rejection of a government he accused of stealing last year’s presidential election.
The dramatic events began early Tuesday when Guaido, flanked by a few dozen national guardsmen and some armoured crowd control vehicles, released a three-minute video filmed near a Caracas air base in which he called on civilians and others in the armed forces to join a final push to topple Maduro.
In a surprise, standing alongside him was Leopoldo Lopez, his political mentor and the nation’s most-prominent opposition activist, who has largely been silent and unseen since he was detained in 2014 for leading a previous round of anti-government unrest. Lopez said he had been released from house arrest by security forces adhering to an order from Guaido.
‘I want to tell the Venezuelan people: This is the moment to take to the streets and accompany these patriotic soldiers,’ Lopez declared.
As the two allies coordinated actions from vehicles parked on a highway overpass, troops loyal to Maduro sporadically fired tear gas from inside the adjacent Carlota air base.
A Bolivarian National Guard loyal to Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro fires tear gas from inside La Carlota air base toward a crowd of a few hundred civilians and a small group of rebel soldiers gathered outside the base
Venezuelan National Guard troops loyal to President Maduro use a water cannon on supporters Juan Guaido
Members of the Bolivarian National Guard supporting Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido reload their weapons during clashes on Tuesday
Opponents to Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro confront loyalist Bolivarian National Guard troops firing tear gas at them outside La Carlota military airbase in Caracas
Opposition demonstrators face military vehicles near the Generalisimo Francisco de Miranda Airbase
An opposition demonstrator bleeds from his head as he is carried by fellow protesters after being run over by a Venezuelan National Guard vehicle on a street near the Generalisimo Francisco de Miranda Airbase ‘La Carlota’ in Caracas
An injured man is helped during a demonstration in Caracas. Reports state that at least one person was injured during the clashes at La Carlota after Guaido called for mass anti-government protests backed by the military
The protester could be seen falling under the wheels and being run over by the GNB vehicle which then drove off and left the scene as demonstrators flocked around him
A crowd that quickly swelled to a few thousand scurried for cover, reassembling later with Guaido to a nearby plaza.
A smaller group of masked youths stayed behind on the highway, firing rocks and Molotov cocktails in an attempt to storm the air base. Amid the mayhem, an armoured utility vehicle drove at full speed into the crowd. It was unclear if anyone was hurt.
‘It’s now or never,’ said one of the young rebellious soldiers, his face covered in the blue bandanna worn by the few dozen soldiers joining the ‘Operation Freedom’ insurrection.
Amid the confusion Maduro tried to project an image of strength, saying he had spoken to several regional military commanders who reaffirmed their loyalty to his socialist revolution.
The events, playing out in the opposition’s stronghold in wealthier neighbourhood of eastern Caracas, appeared not to have triggered a broader military revolt.
- Opposition leader Juan Guaido calls for an uprising against Nicolas Maduro as supporters take to the streets
- Mike Pompeo said Maduro was ready to flee Venezuela until Russia convinced him to remain in the country
- Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza denied there was a military coup attempt underway to oust President Maduro
- He accused opposition leader Guaido and ‘right-wing extremists’ of operating under orders from Washington
- National Guard armoured vehicle ploughs into a crowd of protesters outside the La Carlota airbase in Caracas
- National Security Adviser John Bolton said it was not a coup as many countries recognise Guaido as president
Flanked by top military commanders, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez appeared on national television and condemned Guaido’s move to seize power as a ‘terrorist’ act that was bound to fail.
President Donald Trump and top officials gave their support of Venezuela’s opposition movement, dubbed Operacion Libertad, which translates to Operation Freedom.
He wrote on Twitter: ‘I am monitoring the situation in Venezuela very closely. The United States stands with the People of Venezuela and their Freedom!’
Vice President Mike Pence also expressed his support in both English and Spanish, and told the opposition to ‘Go with God.’
He wrote: ‘To @jguaido, the National Assembly and all the freedom-loving people of Venezuela who are taking to the streets today in #operacionlibertad—Estamos con ustedes! We are with you!’ Pence tweeted on Tuesday. ‘America will stand with you until freedom & democracy are restored. Vayan con dios! #FreeVenezuela’
ullets began flying after Guaido, who has been trying to oust Maduro for months with largely peacrful protests, called for a military uprising against him, claiming he had lost support of the army
Guaido called on members of the public and soldiers to join him on the streets to oust Maduro in what he described as the ‘final phase of Operation Liberty’
Protesters representing Juan Guaido were caught in the cross-fire and ran through clouds of tear gas in order to take cover
Black smoke billows from a bus as an opposition demonstrator rides past on a motorbike near the La Carlota military base in Caracas
Guaido has based himself at La Carlota airbase in the capital Caracas (pictured, protesters nearby), where heavy gunfire was heard hours after his announcement
Tear gas canisters were fired at civilians and troops who had joined Guaido on Tuesday morning, before apparent clashes with Maduro’s troops
A satellite image of crowds of people at Plaza Altamira, in Caracas as anti-government demonstrations raged across the city
Guaido said the troops who had taken to the streets were protecting Venezuela’s constitution and that in the coming hours he would release a list of top commanders supporting the uprising. Anti-government demonstrators gathered in several other cities, although there were no reports that supporters of Guaido had taken control of any military installations.
‘The armed forces have taken the right decision,’ said Guaido. ‘With the support of the Venezuelan people and the backing of our constitution they are on the right side of history.’
An apparently carefully planned attempt by Guaido to demonstrate growing military support by claiming troops had joined his campaign disintegrated into rioting as palls of black smoke rose over eastern Caracas.
The government said it was ‘deactivating’ an attempted coup by a small group of ‘treacherous’ soldiers.
And there was little early sign Maduro’s iron grip on the military – which has kept him in power in a months-long standoff with Guaido – had slipped.
As UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres appealed to all sides to avoid violence, Venezuela’s army chief and defense minister, General Vladimir Padrino, issued a stark warning of possible ‘bloodshed’ – adding that he would hold the opposition responsible.
In a message on Twitter, Padrino said the situation in military barracks and bases in the country was ‘normal.’
He later said an army colonel had received a bullet wound to the neck during the clashes in Caracas.
Opposition demonstrators clash with soldiers loyal to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro who were armed with shields and armoured vehicles
Opponents to Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro (back and left) scuffle with a Bolivarian National Guard officer who is loyal to President Maduro during clashes with rebel soldiers and anti-government protesters outside La Carlota base
An opposition demonstrator rides a bike in front of a burning bus near the Generalisimo Francisco de Miranda Airbase
Opposition demonstrators help an injured fellow protester get away from the melee on the back of a motor bike near the Generalisimo Francisco de Miranda Airbase
An opposition demonstrator left reeling from the effects of tear gas is fired by Maduro’s troops is being helped during clashes with soldiers
A man who was run over by a Bolivarian National Guard vehicle is aided by fellow anti-government protesters outside La Carlota airbase
Opponents of Venezuela’s President Maduro throw stones into the La Carlota airbase in Caracas where soldiers loyal to Maduro are based
Forces loyal to President Nicolas Maduro confront with supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido after members of the Bolivarian National Guard joined Guaido’s campaign to oust him
Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said the ‘right-wing extremists’ would not succeed in fracturing the armed forces, which have largely stood with the socialist leader throughout the past few months of turmoil.
‘Since 2002, we’ve seen the same pattern,’ he said, adding that most of Caracas was calm. ‘They call for violence, a coup, and send people into the streets so that there are confrontations and deaths. And then from the blood they try to construct a narrative,’
Hundreds of government supporters, some of them brandishing firearms, gathered at the presidential palace, answering the call by socialist leaders to come to the embattled Maduro’s rescue.
‘It’s time to defend the revolution with arms,’ Valentin Santana, head of a militant group, said in a video posted on social media as he brandished an automatic rifle.
Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez called on the army ‘to remain on maximum alert to – with our glorious National Bolivarian Armed Forces – defeat the attempted coup and preserve peace’.
An online censorship-monitoring group says Venezuela’s state-run internet provider has been restricting access to YouTube and some Google services.
NetBlocks says CANTV, the state-run telephone and internet service provider in Venezuela, also briefly restricted access to Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday after opposition leader Guaido and López launched the bid to oust Maduro.
Alp Toker, director of NetBlocks, said Google’s search engine was not affected but Microsoft’s Bing was.
An opponent to President Maduro carrying a Venezuelan flag covers his face to shield himself from tear gas fired by soldiers
An opposition demonstrator is seen next to a government bus set on fire during clashes near the La Carlota military base in Caracas
A pro-coup supporter throwing a Molotov cocktail at the Ministry of Transport and Communications in Caracas
An opposition demonstrator throwing a tear gas canister during clashes with soldiers loyal to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after troops joined opposition leader Juan Guaido in his campaign to oust Maduro’s government, in front of La Carlota military base in Caracas
Venezuelan soldiers who have backed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido exchanged gunfire with troops loyal to President Maduro outside La Carlota airbase in the capital Caracas on Tuesday
Anti-government demonstrators drive their motorcycles near a burnt bus during anti-government protests in Caracas
A solider loyal to Guaido aims his handgun over the parapet of an overpass near the La Carlota airbase in Caracas
A supporter of Juan Guaido shows wounds he received to his chest fired by the National Guard during a protest in Caracas
As events unfolded, governments from around the world expressed a mix of support for Guaido while reiterating calls to avoid violent confrontation.
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton, in a Twitter post directed at defence minister Padrino, said the armed forces ‘must protect the Constitution and the Venezuelan people.’
He added it would be a ‘big mistake’ for Maduro to use violence against civilians in a bid to quash the rebellion.
Bolton said today that what’s happening ‘is clearly not a coup’ because the U.S. and many other countries recognise opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate president.
The White House said it hopes an attempted military uprising in Venezuela will be ‘enough to tip’ leader Maduro out of power.
Spain’s caretaker government urged restraint, while the governments of Cuba and Bolivia reiterated their support for Maduro.
‘We hope with all of our strength that there is no bloodshed. We support a peaceful democratic process in Venezuela. We support the immediate holding of an election for a new president,’ Spanish government spokeswoman Isabel Celaa said.
Arreaza denied there was a military coup attempt underway to oust Maduro and accused opposition leader Guaido of operating under orders from Washington.
At least 25 Venezuelan troops have sought asylum in Brazil’s embassy in Caracas, a senior Brazilian official said Tuesday, after Venezuela’s self-declared president Juan Guaido claimed soldiers had joined him.
A spokesman for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said soldiers and lieutenants were among the applicants.
The petitions for asylum came as Bolsonaro threw his support behind Venezuelans ‘enslaved by a dictator,’ a reference to President Nicolas Maduro whom Guaido is challenging for power.
The footage showed the white National Guard vehicle plough into demonstrators as they hurled missiles at troops loyal to President Maduro
An opposition demonstrator gestures during clashes with soldiers loyal to Venezuelan President Maduro
Supporters of President of the Venezuelan Parliament clash with armoured trucks of the Bolivarian Armed Forces during a protest at the Altamira area in Caracas
Paramedics transport an anti-government protester who was injured during clashes between demonstrators and Maduro’s security forces
Venezuelan National Guards stand guard on Simon Bolivar International Bridge, partially blocked by cargo containers placed by Venezuelan authorities, as people return from La Parada near Cucuta, Colombia
Members of the Bolivarian Armed Forces try to block a protest in support of Venezuelan National Assembly President Juan Guaido in Caracas
‘It is not a coup attempt from the military. This is directly planned in Washington, in the Pentagon and Department of State, and by Bolton,’ Arreaza referring to U.S. national security adviser John Bolton.
‘They are leading this coup and giving orders to this man [Juan] Guaido,’ he added.
The latest violence comes after a months-long political standoff between Maduro, backed by Russia, China and Cuba, and Guaido, who is recognised by the United States and about 50 other nations as the country’s interim president.
Arreaza said Maduro, who has been in power since 2013, was in full control of the country with the backing of the military.
‘He is in his place of command as always, and he is in control of the situation. He is making government decisions every day,’ said Arreaza.
Asked why Maduro had not been seen in public on Tuesday, Arreaza said: ‘You will see President Maduro with his people in Miraflores [presidential palace] sooner [rather] than later.’
He estimated that around 30 or fewer members of the military had sided with Guaido, who was accompanied at a rally in Caracas with several dozen armed troops. ‘This is 30 out of about 200,000, so it is almost nothing,’ he added.
Maduro has called Guaido a U.S.-backed puppet who seeks to oust him in a coup.
Washington has imposed sanctions to try to dislodge Maduro. Arreaza, who was himself targeted with sanctions by Washington last week, said the Venezuelan government would act to maintain peace and security.
An injured man is helped by fellow anti-government protesters during clashes with security forces
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A Bolivarian National Guard water canon sprays opponents of Venezuela’s President Maduro during an attempted military uprising and anti-government protests in Caracas
Anti-government protesters used objects they found in the street such as bin lids and planks of wood during running battles with Maduro’s forces
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A military member and a man take cover near the Generalisimo Francisco de Miranda Airbase ‘La Carlota’ in Caracas
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Opponents of President Maduro armed with missiles face off with Bolivarian National Guards in armoured vehicles
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Government military police officers confront pro-Guaido demonstrators trying to protect themselves inside the Ministry of Housing at Avenida Francisco de Miranda in Caracas
An injured woman is treated during a protest in Caracas
‘We are not threatening anyone with the use of violence. It’s the United States, it’s the opposition,’ said Arreaza, who is married to the eldest daughter of Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s former president who died in 2013 of cancer.
Arreaza said he had spoken to representatives from countries in the region and in Europe who were concerned about the situation and urged dialogue. He declined to name the countries, adding that the government was open to dialogue.
Guaido, who has the backing of the US and most Western governments, has been trying to oust Maduro for months using largely non-violent protests.
American National Security Adviser John Bolton, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vice President Mike Pence have since tweeted their support for Guaido, saying: ‘The United States stands with the people of Venezuela.’
President Donald Trump ‘has been briefed and is monitoring the ongoing situation,’ White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said.
Bolton said the Trump administration was waiting for three key officials, including Maduro’s defence minister and head of the supreme court, to act on what he said were private pledges to remove Maduro. He did not provide details.
Meanwhile two of the key international allies of Maduro – Bolivia and Cuba – condemned what they described as a coup attempt by violent rebels.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, another key ally of Venezuela that has invested billions in the country’s oil industry, was ‘discussing’ the situation with his top security team.
Mexico expressed concern about an escalation in violence and called on both sides to seek a peaceful resolution through dialogue.
Guaido has been trying to oust Maduro for months using largely peaceful protests, but that changed on Tuesday as he announced an uprising against the President
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A large number of people on motorbikes gathered on a motorway overpass leading to the airbase before tear gas was fired, followed by live rounds
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Soldiers who had defected to Guaido were seen setting up heavy machine gun posts on the overpass shortly before gunfire broke out
Venezuelan military forces fire tear gas in an attempt to disperse protesters at the airbase
Troops loyal to President Maduro are seen gathered near the airbase amid clashes with those who have joined the cause of ‘interim president’ Juan Guaido
A protesters throws a stone at a vehicle of the Guardia Nacional which have largely remained loyal to Maduro during protests
A member of the Bolivarian National Guard supporting Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido throws a tear gas canister
Security forces fire tear gas outside La Carlota airbase in Caracas
Protests appeared to be spreading around the country following Guaido’s call, with the leader claiming that people in 24 states had come out to support him.
Brazil’s vice president says that the situation in Venezuela has reached a point of no return.
Former Gen. Hamilton Mourao said that either opposition leaders Guaido and Leopoldo Lopez would ‘be prisoners’ or President Maduro ‘would be leaving’. ‘There is no other way out of this’, he added.
It comes after years of mis-management have left the country impoverished, wracked by inflation and food shortages, and following Maduro’s ‘victory’ in elections that many decried as rigged.
Meanwhile hundreds of supporters of President Nicolas Maduro have gathered at a rally beside Venezuela’s presidential palace, where security force members are deployed on the perimeter wall.
The Maduro loyalists have been chanting slogans of support and a man on a truck has handed out large posters of Maduro with the Venezuelan flag behind him.
Guaido called on Venezuelans and the military to join him on the streets, as government vowed to put down what it said was an attempted coup.
In the three-minute video Guaido, speaking in the company of men in military uniform and opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez, said he was at the Caracas air base La Carlota.
Soldiers who took to the streets would be acting to protect Venezuela’s constitution, Guaido said. He made the comments a day before a planned anti-government rally.
‘The moment is now,’ he said, as his political mentor Lopez and several heavily armed soldiers backed by a single armoured vehicle looked on.
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Opposition leader Juan Guaido appeared in a video (pictured) with a small contingent of heavily armed soldiers and formerly detained opposition activist Leopoldo Lopez calling for Venezuelans to take to the streets to oust President Maduro in Operation Liberty
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A military member stands near the Generalisimo Francisco de Miranda Airbase
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Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido delivers a speech during a gathering with supporters after members of the Bolivarian National Guard joined his campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Tuesday he had began the ‘final phase’ of his plan to oust President Nicolas Maduro
Maduro hit back on Twitter, saying that he maintained the complete loyalty of the military on Twitter and pledging ‘nerves of steel’ for the fight ahead
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US-backed Mr Guaido said ‘the end of the usurpation’ was beginning against the government of Nicolas Maduro (pictured)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton both backed Guaido’s call, saying that American ‘stands with the Venezuelan people’
After announcing the final phase of his uprising, Guaido left the military base in order to hold a rally on the streets of Caracas in order to prove he holds popular support
Guaido, center, stands with an unidentified military officer who is helping to lead a military uprising, center left, as they talk to the press and supporters outside La Carlota air base in Caracas
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Defected Venezuelan Bolivarian National Guards and soldiers shout slogans against Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in La Parada near Cucuta, Colombia
A member of Venezuelan Bolivarian National Guard who has defected to Guaido holds up a Venezuelan flag with the Spanish message ‘Resistance’ written on it during a protest in La Parada near Cucuta
Defected members of the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Guard sing Venezuela’s national anthem and yell anti-government slogans as a loyalist guard films them with his cell phone at the border bridge between Venezuela and Colombia
Members of the public cheer as soldiers who have swapped loyalties to Guaido march into the Carlota airbase in Caracas
Military personnel loyal to Venezuelan interim President Juan Guaido hug each other outside the airbase in Caracas as they try to topple Nicolas Maduro from power
Defected members of the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Guard and soldiers stand in formation at the Simon Bolivar International Bridge, which links Venezuela and Colombia, in La Parada near Cucuta
Lopez has been under house arrest for leading an anti-government push in 2014.
Making his first public appearance since his detention, Mr Lopez said: ‘This is the moment of all Venezuelans, those in uniform and those who aren’t.
‘Everyone should come to the streets, in peace.’
Lopez said he had been ‘freed’ from jail by soldiers supporting Guaido. He posted a picture on Twitter with men in uniform from the Carlota military base.
‘Venezuela: the definitive phase to end the usurpation, Operation Liberty, has begun,’ read the message.
US-backed Mr Guaido also said ‘the end of the usurpation’ was beginning against the Maduro goverment.
‘In this moment I am meeting with the principal military units of our Armed Forces giving the start to the final phase of Operation Liberty,’ he added.
‘The national armed forces have taken the correct decision, and they count on the support of the Venezuelan people,’ Guaido said.
Venezuela’s information Minister Jorge Rodriguez responded on Twitter, saying the government is confronting a small group of ‘military traitors’ that are seeking to promote a coup.
Mr Rodriguez tweeted: ‘We inform the people of Venezuela at the moment we are confronting and deactivating a reduced group of military traitors who are positioning themselves in the Distribuidor Altamira (neighbourhood) to promote a coup d’etat against the constitution and the peace of the Republic.
Lopez (centre), who had been under house arrest for leading an anti-government push in 2014, said he had been freed by soldiers and called for a military uprising
Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez talks to media after being released from his home in Caracas, Venezuela, where he has been kept under house arrest since 2014
Uprising soldiers stands outside La Carlota air base in Caracas on Tuesday April 30
A pro-Guaido supporter throws a molotov cocktail near military base of La Carlota, in Caracas, Venezuela
Guaido supporters wearing gas masks and gloves pick up and throw tear gas canisters fired by pro-Maduro troops
A medic mounted on a motorbike makes his way through crowds near the airbase in Caracas after reports of gunfire
Supporters of the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido Pro-coup marching near military base of La Carlota, in Caracas
Soldiers and people react to the sound of gunfire near the Generalisimo Francisco de Miranda Airbase, in Caracas
Venezuelan opposition supporters demonstrate outside the Generalisimo Francisco de Miranda Airbase
‘To this intent is added the putschist and murderous ultra right which announced its violent agenda months ago.
‘We call on the people to maintain maximum alert so, together the glorious National Armed Bolivarian forces defeat the intent to mount a coup and preserve the peace. We will win.’
Venezuela’s socialist party boss, Diosdado Cabello, called on government supporters to amass at the presidential palace to defend Maduro.
Guaido invoked the constitution to assume the interim presidency in January after declaring Maduro’s re-election a fraud.
He has the support of more than 50 countries, including the United States, which also recognise him as interim president.
The uprising came ahead of planned May Day protests which were going to be used to call for Maduro’s removal, and appeared to be an attempt to build up momentum.
Guaido has said the protests will be ‘the largest march in Venezuela’s history,’ part of what he calls the ‘definitive phase’ of his effort to take office in order to call fresh elections.
But Maduro, for his part, has appeared to retain control of state institutions and the loyalty of military officers.
A Venezuelan soldier stands guard at La Carlota army base, where Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was led to meet with interim President Juan Guaido after he being released from his home, in eastern Caracas
Opponents to Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro throwing stones at soldiers loyal to the president inside La Carlota airbase
Tear gas was fired at a highway overpass next to the Caracas air base where several heavily-armed soldiers with a blue band wrapped around their forearms had been standing guard. The tear gas appeared to have been fired from inside the air base
An opposition demonstrator throws back a tear gas canister on a street near the Generalisimo Francisco de Miranda Airbase
Tear gas floats in the air near the Generalisimo Francisco de Miranda Airbase ‘La Carlota’, in Caracas
People react to tear gas near the Generalisimo Francisco de Miranda Airbase ‘La Carlota’, in Caracas
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has called for a military uprising, in a video shot at the air base showing him surrounded by soldiers and accompanied by detained activist Leopoldo Lopez
Protesters walk past a fire on the streets of Venezuela’s capital Caracas as protests against Nicolasa Maduro spread
He has called Guaido a U.S-backed puppet who seeks to oust him in a coup. The government has arrested his top aide, stripped Guaido of his parliamentary immunity and opened multiple probes.
It has also barred him from leaving the country, a ban Guaido openly violated earlier this year.
Last week, Guaido said his congressional ally – opposition lawmaker Gilber Caro – had been detained, and that 11 members of his team had been summoned to appear before the Sebin intelligence agency.
Lopez, seen with Guaido, appeared to have left his home for the first time since being placed under house arrest in 2017, after three years in jail.
‘I have been freed by soldiers on the side of the constitution and President Guaido,’ he tweeted. All of us have to mobilize. It’s time to win our freedom.’
A soldier in the group with Guaido, who identified himself just as Rivas, denied government accusations that they had been tricked into backing Guaido.
‘We’re all afraid,’ he told Reuters, ‘but we had to do it’.
Spain, instrumental in setting the European Union line, said that, although it considered Guaido the legitimate leader of Venezuela, it did not support a military coup and wanted to see elections.
Opposition demonstrators wearing gask masks to protect from tear gas and with the faces covered clash with soldiers loyal to President Maduro in Caracas
Pictured: Opponents to Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro run from loyalist Bolivarian National Guard troops firing tear gas at them. Loyalists troops were locked in frantical battles with opposition supporters across the country on Tuesday afternoon
Soldiers on motorbikes speed away as opposition supporters pelt them with objects during clashes outside the La Carlota military airbase in Caracas, Venezuela
Civilians wearing rudimentary motorcycle helmets for protection crouch behind a concrete wall as members of the military loyal to the opposition sit ready with rifles and ammunition
Running battles between anti-government demonstrators and pro-regimes troops raged in the capital Caracas
Guaido’s ambassador to the United States, Carlos Vecchio, called the action on Tuesday ‘only the beginning’ as he warned ‘you will see more events in the hours and days to come’
Dozens of Venezuelan exiles tied blue ribbons to their right arms and packed a small Venezuelan diner in the Miami suburb of Doral – where President Trump has a golf resort – to follow the turmoil in their homeland.
Some shouted ‘Long Live Venezuela’ and ‘Freedom’ while wearing a baseball cap emblazoned with the colours of Venezuela’s flag. Others wept as they sang the nation’s anthem. Many were checking social media networks and making video calls to relatives in Venezuela.
Wilfredo Castillo is a general practitioner who arrived three months ago from northern Venezuela. He cried as he said he did not know what it was like to live in a free country.
He said the revolt ‘gives me hope to go back and step back on my soil, my homeland and be free.’
Florida is home to an estimated 190,000 Venezuelans – a small but significant share of the millions who have left the country in recent years.
Others showed their support for Guaido outside the Venezuelan consulate in New York and in Sol Square in Madrid.
Activists opposed to Guaido have staged a round-the-clock vigil inside the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC to prevent his representatives from taking over the building and keeping it in the hands of Maduro.
Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido hung a Venezuelan flag behind a skeleton outside the Venezuelan consulate in New York
Activists opposed to Guaido have been staging a round-the-clock vigil inside the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC in an effort to prevent representatives of Guaido from taking over the building and keeping it in the hands of Venezuelan Maduro
Pro interim government opposition leader Juan Guaido supporters yell chats towards pro Nicolas Maduro supporters as they rally outside of the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington
Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido burn a picture of late Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez during a protest outside the Venezuelan embassy in Mexico City
Venezuelans living in Mexico, for and against the government of President Maduro, face each other outside the Venezuelan embassy in Mexico City
People attend a gathering of Venezuelan nationals in Sol Square in Madrid, Spain, after Guaido, asked supporters abroad to take the streets in front of Venezuelan embassies
Venezuelan supporters of opposition leader Juan Guaido gather at Venezuela’s embassy in Buenos Aires to protest
Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido chant slogans during a rally in New York’s Union Square
This photo was released by the Miraflores presidential palace press office to show supporters of President Maduro gathering outside Miraflores presidential palace during an attempted military uprising in Caracas
Venezuela leadership battle: A timeline of key events
April 2013: Maduro is elected leader of the South American nation, succeeding Hugo Chavez as President.
February 18 2014: Opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez is placed under house arrest after a wave of protests against Maduro.
July 17 2017: Millions of Venezuelans vote down Maduro’s plans to take control of the country’s National Assembly.
May 20 2018: Maduro wins another snap election despite claims of vote rigging by opposition leaders.
January 23 2019: Guaido declares himself acting president at a rally of tens of thousands of people in Caracas demanding that Maduro quit.
US President Donald Trump immediately recognizes Guaido as acting president, as do Canada and major Latin American powers.
Maduro gets the support of allies including China, Russia, Turkey, Mexico and Cuba.
January 26: Six European countries say they will also recognize Guaido unless Maduro calls elections.
January 30: thousands of opposition protesters, led by Guaido, call on Venezuela’s military to abandon Maduro.
He demands that the Venezuelan government allow in foreign humanitarian aid, claiming the lives of thousands of people are at risk.
February 4: Some 20 European countries also recognize Guaido.
February 16: Guaido says he has the support of thousands of people to bring in aid via Colombia, Brazil and the Dutch island of Curacao.
Venezuelan troops however block the road, preventing the aid from entering.
February 21: Maduro shuts the border with Brazil.
February 22: Russia also accuses the United States of using aid deliveries as a ploy for military action.
March 7: most of Venezuela is plunged into darkness by a major power cut that lasts five days, followed by sporadic blackouts.
March 24: two Russian military planes bring in around 100 soldiers and 35 tons of equipment.
Opposition leader Juan Guaidó took a bold step to revive his movement to seize power in Venezuela, taking to the streets Tuesday to call for a military uprising that drew quick support from the Trump administration but also fierce resistance from forces loyal to embattled socialist Nicolas Maduro.
Violent street battles erupted in parts of Caracas in what was the most serious challenge yet to Maduro’s rule — kicked off with a video shot at dawn of Guaidó, flanked by several heavily armed national guardsmen, urging a final push to topple Maduro.
In one dramatic incident during a chaotic day, several armored vehicles plowed into a group of anti-government demonstrators trying to storm the capital’s air base, hitting at least two protesters.
Still, the rebellion, dubbed “Operation Freedom,” seemed to have garnered only limited military support.
Meanwhile, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said the Trump administration was waiting for three key officials, including Maduro’s defense minister and head of the supreme court, to act on what he said were private pledges to remove Maduro. He did not provide details.
The dramatic events began early Tuesday when Guaidó, flanked by a few dozen national guardsmen and some armored crowd-control vehicles, released the three-minute video shot near the Carlota air base.
In a surprise, Leopoldo Lopez, Guaido’s political mentor and the nation’s most-prominent opposition activist, stood alongside him. Detained in 2014 for leading a previous round of anti-government unrest, Lopez said he had been released from house arrest by security forces adhering to an order from Guaidó.
“I want to tell the Venezuelan people: This is the moment to take to the streets and accompany these patriotic soldiers,” Lopez declared.
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido took to the streets with a small contingent of heavily armed troops on Tuesday in a bold and risky attempt to lead a military uprising and oust socialist leader Nicolas Maduro. (April 30)
As the two opposition leaders coordinated actions from a highway overpass, troops loyal to Maduro fired tear gas from inside the adjacent air base.
A crowd that quickly swelled to a few thousand scurried for cover, reappearing later with Guaidó at a plaza a few blocks from the disturbances. A smaller group of masked youths stayed behind on the highway, lobbing rocks and Molotov cocktails toward the air base and setting a government bus on fire.
An anti-government protester walks near a bus that was set on fire by opponents of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro during clashes between rebel and loyalist soldiers in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Amid the mayhem, several armored utility vehicles careened over a berm and drove at full speed into the crowd. Two demonstrators, lying on the ground with their heads and legs bloodied, were rushed away on a motorcycle as the vehicles sped away dodging fireballs thrown by the demonstrators.
“It’s now or never,” said one of the young rebellious soldiers, his face covered in the blue bandanna worn by the few dozen insurgent soldiers.
The head of a medical center near the site of the street battles said doctors were treating 50 people, about half of them with injuries suffered from rubber bullets. At least one person had been shot with live ammunition.
Later Tuesday, Lopez and his family sought refuge in the Chilean ambassador’s residence in Caracas, where another political ally has been holed up for over a year. There were also reports that 25 troops who had been with Guaidó fled to Brazil’s diplomatic mission.
Amid the confusion, Maduro tried to project an image of strength, saying he had spoken to several regional military commanders who reaffirmed their loyalty.
“Nerves of steel!” he said in a message posted on Twitter.
Flanked by top military commanders, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López condemned Guaido’s move as a “terrorist” act and “coup attempt” that was bound to fail like past uprisings.
Fireworks launched by opponents of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro land near Bolivarian National Guard armored vehicles loyal to Maduro, during an attempted military uprising in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
“Those who try to take Miraflores with violence will be met with violence,” he said on national television, referring to the presidential palace where hundreds of government supporters, some of them brandishing firearms, had gathered in response to a call to defend Maduro.
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said the “right-wing extremists” would not succeed in fracturing the armed forces, which have largely stood with the socialist leader throughout the months of turmoil.
“Since 2002, we’ve seen the same pattern,” Arreaza told The Associated Press. “They call for violence, a coup, and send people into the streets so that there are confrontations and deaths. And then from the blood they try to construct a narrative.”
Protesters erected barricades of debris at several downtown intersections about 10 blocks from the presidential palace, but police in riot gear moved in quickly to clear the roads. Most shops and businesses were closed and the streets of the capital unusually quiet, as people huddled at home to await the outcome of the day’s drama.
Guaidó said he called for the uprising to restore Venezuela’s constitutional order, broken when Maduro was sworn in earlier this year for a second term following elections boycotted by the opposition and considered illegitimate by dozens of countries.
Paramedics aid an anti-government protester who was injured during clashes with security forces loyal to President Nicolas Maduro, during an attempted military uprising in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Boris Vergara)
He said that in the coming hours he would release a list of top commanders supporting the uprising. There were unconfirmed reports that Gen. Manuel Christopher Figuera, who heads the feared intelligence agency responsible for keeping Lopez in state custody, was among members of the security forces who had decided to flip.
“The armed forces have taken the right decision,” said Guaidó. “With the support of the Venezuelan people and the backing of our constitution they are on the right side of history.”
Anti-government demonstrators gathered in several other cities, although there were no reports that Guaidó’s supporters had taken control of any military installations.
As events unfolded, governments from around the world expressed support for Guaidó while reiterating calls to avoid violent confrontation.
Bolton declined to discuss possible actions — military or otherwise — but reiterated that “all options” are on the table as President Donald J. Trump monitors developments “minute by minute.”
He said he was waiting for key power brokers including Padrino, Supreme Court chief justice Maikel Moreno and head of the presidential guard to make good on their commitments to achieve the peaceful transfer of power to Guiado.
“All agreed that Maduro had to go. They need to be able to act this afternoon, or this evening, to help bring other military forces to the side of the interim president,” Bolton said. “If this effort fails, (Venezuela) will sink into a dictatorship from which there are very few possible alternatives.”
Elsewhere, Spain’s socialist caretaker government urged restraint, while the governments of Cuba and Bolivia reiterated their support for Maduro.
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Joshua Goodman in Cucuta, Colombia, contributed to this report.
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Donald Trump uses UN address to warn social media giants against ‘blacklisting’ conservatives and tells the world to be ‘skeptical’ of anyone who wants control over free speech
By DAVID MARTOSKO, U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 12:27 EDT, 24 September 2019 | UPDATED: 14:04 EDT, 24 September 2019
Donald Trump put America’s social media giants on notice during a United Nationsaddress on Tuesday that the U.S. government will push back against online tech giants ‘silencing, coercing, canceling or blacklisting’ political opinions that don’t rate high in Silicon Valley.
‘A small number of social media platforms are acquiring immense power over what we can see and over what we are allowed to say,’ Trump told foreign leaders.
He said he is aggressively cracking down on the biggest platforms that play political favorites online, and encouraging other nations to follow suit.
‘A free society cannot allow social media giants to silence the voices of the people,’ he said, ‘and a free people must never, ever be enlisted in the cause of silencing, coercing, canceling or blacklisting their own neighbors.’
Donald Trump blasted U.S. social media platforms during his remarks at the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday. ‘A free society cannot allow social media giants to silence the voices of the people,’ he asserted
He told the room full of foreign leaders and a global audience that even ‘free nations’ are experiencing challenges to liberty and free speech from social media
‘My administration has made clear to social media companies that we will uphold the right of free speech,’ he declared.
The president often complains about anti-conservative bias at Twitter, Facebook and Google.
He met last week with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. A White House official said the topic of ‘bias came up.’ Trump has also sat down for a talk with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.
The president on Tuesday raised social media in the context of condemning oppressive nations that control what their population can read, see and hear, and whose technological advances have the potential to limit freedom of speech.
Trump met last week with Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (right) in the Oval Office. A White House official said the topic of ‘bias came up’ during their meeting
‘A permanent political class is openly disdainful, dismissive and defiant of the will of the people,’ he continued. ‘A faceless bureaucracy operates in secret and weakens democratic rule. Media and academic institutions push flat-out assaults on our histories, traditions and values.’
‘Freedom and democracy must be constantly guarded and protected abroad, and from within,’ he said.
‘We must always be skeptical about those who want conformity and control. Even in free nations we see alarming signs and new challenges to liberty.’
Zuckerberg capped off a day of meetings in Washington, D.C. on Friday with a sit-down with Trump.
‘Nice meeting with Mark Zuckerberg of @facebook in the Oval Office today,’ the president wrote on Twitter, adding a picture of him with the Facebook CEO.
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Joe Biden, His Son and the Case Against a Ukrainian Oligarch
By James Risen
When Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.traveled to Kiev , Ukraine, on Sunday for a series of meetings with the country’s leaders, one of the issues on his agenda was to encourage a more aggressive fight against Ukraine’s rampant corruption and stronger efforts to rein in the power of its oligarchs.
But the credibility of the vice president’s anticorruption message may have been undermined by the association of his son, Hunter Biden, with one of Ukraine’s largest natural gas companies, Burisma Holdings, and with its owner, Mykola Zlochevsky, who was Ukraine’s ecology minister under former President Viktor F. Yanukovych before he was forced into exile.
Hunter Biden, 45, a former Washington lobbyist, joined the Burisma board in April 2014. That month, as part of an investigation into money laundering, British officials froze London bank accounts containing $23 million that allegedly belonged to Mr. Zlochevsky.
Britain’s Serious Fraud Office, an independent government agency, specifically forbade Mr. Zlochevksy, as well as Burisma Holdings, the company’s chief legal officer and another company owned by Mr. Zlochevsky, to have any access to the accounts.
But after Ukrainian prosecutors refused to provide documents needed in the investigation, a British court in January ordered the Serious Fraud Office to unfreeze the assets. The refusal by the Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office to cooperate was the target of a stinging attack by the American ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey R. Pyatt, who called out Burisma’s owner by name in a speech in September.
“In the case of former Ecology Minister Mykola Zlochevsky, the U.K. authorities had seized $23 million in illicit assets that belonged to the Ukrainian people,” Mr. Pyatt said. Officials at the prosecutor general’s office, he added, were asked by the United Kingdom “to send documents supporting the seizure. Instead they sent letters to Zlochevsky’s attorneys attesting that there was no case against him. As a result, the money was freed by the U.K. court, and shortly thereafter the money was moved to Cyprus.”
Mr. Pyatt went on to call for an investigation into “the misconduct” of the prosecutors who wrote the letters. In his speech, the ambassador did not mention Hunter Biden’s connection to Burisma.
But Edward C. Chow, who follows Ukrainian policy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the involvement of the vice president’s son with Mr. Zlochevsky’s firm undermined the Obama administration’s anticorruption message in Ukraine.
“Now you look at the Hunter Biden situation, and on the one hand you can credit the father for sending the anticorruption message,” Mr. Chow said. “But I think unfortunately it sends the message that a lot of foreign countries want to believe about America, that we are hypocritical about these issues.”
“Hunter Biden is a private citizen and a lawyer,” she said. “The vice president does not endorse any particular company and has no involvement with this company. The vice president has pushed aggressively for years, both publicly with groups like the U.S.-Ukraine Business Forum and privately in meetings with Ukrainian leaders, for Ukraine to make every effort to investigate and prosecute corruption in accordance with the rule of law. It will once again be a key focus during his trip this week.”
Ryan F. Toohey, a Burisma spokesman, said that Hunter Biden would not comment for this article.
It is not known how Mr. Biden came to the attention of the company. Announcing his appointment to the board, Alan Apter, a former Morgan Stanley investment banker who is chairman of Burisma, said, “The company’s strategy is aimed at the strongest concentration of professional staff and the introduction of best corporate practices, and we’re delighted that Mr. Biden is joining us to help us achieve these goals.”
Joining the board at the same time was one of Mr. Biden’s American business partners, Devon Archer. Both are involved with Rosemont Seneca Partners, an American investment firm with offices in Washington.
Mr. Biden is the younger of the vice president’s two sons. His brother, Beau, died of brain cancer in May. In the past, Hunter Biden attracted an unusual level of scrutiny and even controversy. In 2014, he was discharged from the Navy Reserve after testing positive for cocaine use. He received a commission as an ensign in 2013, and he served as a public affairs officer.
Before his father was vice president, Mr. Biden also briefly served as president of a hedge fund group, Paradigm Companies, in which he was involved with one of his uncles, James Biden, the vice president’s brother. That deal went sour amid lawsuits in 2007 and 2008 involving the Bidens and an erstwhile business partner. Mr. Biden, a graduate of Georgetown University and Yale Law School, also worked as a lobbyist before his father became vice president.
Burisma does not disclose the compensation of its board members because it is a privately held company, Mr. Toohey said Monday, but he added that the amount was “not out of the ordinary” for similar corporate board positions.
Asked about the British investigation, which is continuing, Mr. Toohey said, “Not only was the case dismissed and the company vindicated by the outcome, but it speaks volumes that all his legal costs were recouped.”
In response to Mr. Pyatt’s criticism of the Ukrainian handling of Mr. Zlochevsky’s case, Mr. Toohey said that “strong corporate governance and transparency are priorities shared both by the United States and the leadership of Burisma. Burisma is working to bring the energy sector into the modern era, which is critical for a free and strong Ukraine.”
Vice President Biden has played a leading role in American policy toward Ukraine as Washington seeks to counter Russian intervention in Eastern Ukraine. This week’s visit was his fifth trip to Ukraine as vice president.
Ms. Bedingfield said Hunter Biden had never traveled to Ukraine with his father. She also said that Ukrainian officials had never mentioned Hunter Biden’s role with Burisma to the vice president during any of his visits.
“I’ve got to believe that somebody in the vice president’s office has done some due diligence on this,” said Steven Pifer, who was the American ambassador to Ukraine from 1998 to 2000. “I should say that I hope that has happened. I would hope that they have done some kind of check, because I think the vice president has done a very good job of sending the anticorruption message in Ukraine, and you would hate to see something like this undercut that message.”
Let’s get real: Democrats were first to enlist Ukraine in US elections
BY JOHN SOLOMON, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 09/23/19 06:30 PM EDT 2,341
Earlier this month, during a bipartisan meeting in Kiev, Sen. Chris Murphy(D-Conn.) delivered a pointed message to Ukraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelensky.
While choosing his words carefully, Murphy made clear — by his own account — that Ukraine currently enjoyed bipartisan support for its U.S. aid but that could be jeopardized if the new president acquiesced to requests by President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani to investigate past corruption allegations involving Americans, including former Vice President Joe Biden’s family.
Murphy boasted after the meeting that he told the new Ukrainian leader that U.S. aid was his country’s “most important asset” and it would be viewed as election meddling and “disastrous for long-term U.S.-Ukraine relations” to bend to the wishes of Trump and Giuliani.
“I told Zelensky that he should not insert himself or his government into American politics. I cautioned him that complying with the demands of the President’s campaign representatives to investigate a political rival of the President would gravely damage the U.S.-Ukraine relationship. There are few things that Republicans and Democrats agree on in Washington these days, and support for Ukraine is one of them,” Murphy told me today, confirming what he told Ukraine’s leader.
The implied message did not require an interpreter for Zelensky to understand: Investigate the Ukraine dealings of Joe Biden and his son Hunter, and you jeopardize Democrats’ support for future U.S. aid to Kiev.
The Murphy anecdote is a powerful reminder that, since at least 2016, Democrats repeatedly have exerted pressure on Ukraine, a key U.S. ally for buffering Russia, to meddle in U.S. politics and elections.
And that activity long preceded Giuliani’s discussions with Ukrainian officials and Trump’s phone call to Zelensky in July, seeking to have Ukraine formally investigate whether then-Vice President Joe Biden used a threat of canceling foreign aid to shut down an investigation into $3 million routed to the U.S. firm run by Biden’s son.
As I have reported, the pressure began at least as early as January 2016, when the Obama White House unexpectedly invited Ukraine’s top prosecutors to Washington to discuss fighting corruption in the country.
The meeting, promised as training, turned out to be more of a pretext for the Obama administration to pressure Ukraine’s prosecutors to drop an investigation into the Burisma Holdings gas company that employed Hunter Biden and to look for new evidence in a then-dormant criminal case against eventual Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, a GOP lobbyist.
U.S. officials “kept talking about how important it was that all of our anti-corruption efforts be united,” said Andrii Telizhenko, the former political officer in the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington who organized and attended the meetings.
Nazar Kholodnytsky, Ukraine’s chief anti-corruption prosecutor, told me that, soon after he returned from the Washington meeting, he saw evidence in Ukraine of political meddling in the U.S. election. That’s when two top Ukrainian officials released secret evidence to the American media, smearing Manafort.
The release of the evidence forced Manafort to step down as Trump’s top campaign adviser. A Ukrainian court concluded last December that the release of the evidence amounted to an unlawful intervention in the U.S. election by Kiev’s government, although that ruling has since been overturned on a technicality.
Shortly after the Ukrainian prosecutors returned from their Washington meeting, a new round of Democratic pressure was exerted on Ukraine — this time via its embassy in Washington.
Valeriy Chaly, the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States at the time, confirmed to me in a statement issued by his office that, in March 2016, a contractor for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) pressed his embassy to try to find any Russian dirt on Trump and Manafort that might reside in Ukraine’s intelligence files.
The DNC contractor also asked Chaly’s team to try to persuade Ukraine’s president at the time, Petro Poroshenko, to make a statement disparaging Manafort when the Ukrainian leader visited the United States during the 2016 election.
Chaly said his embassy rebuffed both requests because it recognized they were improper efforts to get a foreign government to try to influence the election against Trump and for Hillary Clinton.
The political pressure continued. Biden threatened to withhold $1 billion in crucial U.S. aid to Kiev if Poroshenko did not fire the country’s chief prosecutor. Ukraine would have been bankrupted without the aid, so Poroshenko obliged on March 29, 2016, and fired Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.
At the time, Biden was aware that Shokin’s office was investigating Burisma, the firm employing Hunter Biden, after a December 2015 New York Times article.
What wasn’t known at the time, Shokin told me recently, was that Ukrainian prosecutors were preparing a request to interview Hunter Biden about his activities and the monies he was receiving from Ukraine. If such an interview became public during the middle of the 2016 election, it could have had enormous negative implications for Democrats.
Democrats continued to tap Ukraine for Trump dirt throughout the 2016 election, my reporting shows.
Nellie Ohr, the wife of senior U.S. Justice Department official Bruce Ohr, worked in 2016 as a contractor for Fusion GPS, the same Hillary Clinton–funded opposition research firm that hired Christopher Steele, the British spy who wrote the now-debunked dossier linking Trump to Russia collusion.
Nellie Ohr testified to Congress that some of the dirt she found on Trump during her 2016 election opposition research came from a Ukrainian parliament member. She also said that she eventually took the information to the FBI through her husband — another way Ukraine got inserted into the 2016 election.
Politics. Pressure. Opposition research. All were part of the Democrats’ playbook on Ukraine long before Trump ever called Zelensky this summer. And as Sen. Murphy’s foray earlier this month shows, it hasn’t stopped.
The evidence is so expansive as to strain the credulity of the Democrats’ current outrage at Trump’s behavior with Ukraine.
Which raises a question: Could it be the Ukraine tale currently being weaved by Democrats and their allies in the media is nothing more than a smoke screen designed to distract us from the forthcoming Justice Department inspector general report into abuses during the Democratic-inspired Russia collusion probe?
It’s a question worth asking.
John Solomon is an award-winning investigative journalist whose work over the years has exposed U.S. and FBI intelligence failures before the Sept. 11 attacks, federal scientists’ misuse of foster children and veterans in drug experiments, and numerous cases of political corruption. He serves as an investigative columnist and executive vice president for video at The Hill. Follow him on Twitter @jsolomonReports.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/462658-lets-get-real-democrats-were-first-to-enlist-ukraine-in-us-elections
Ukrainian Embassy confirms DNC contractor solicited Trump dirt in 2016
BY JOHN SOLOMON, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 05/02/19 07:00 PM EDT 2,460
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILLThe boomerang from the Democratic Party’s failed attempt to connect Donald Trump to Russia’s 2016 election meddling is picking up speed, and its flight path crosses right through Moscow’s pesky neighbor, Ukraine. That is where there is growing evidence a foreign power was asked, and in some cases tried, to help Hillary Clinton.
In its most detailed account yet, the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington says a Democratic National Committee (DNC) insider during the 2016 election solicited dirt on Donald Trump’s campaign chairman and even tried to enlist the country’s president to help.
In written answers to questions, Ambassador Valeriy Chaly’s office says DNC contractor Alexandra Chalupa sought information from the Ukrainian government on Paul Manafort’s dealings inside the country in hopes of forcing the issue before Congress.
Chalupa later tried to arrange for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to comment on Manafort’s Russian ties on a U.S. visit during the 2016 campaign, the ambassador said.
Chaly says that, at the time of the contacts in 2016, the embassy knew Chalupa primarily as a Ukrainian American activist and learned only later of her ties to the DNC. He says the embassy considered her requests an inappropriate solicitation of interference in the U.S. election.
“The Embassy got to know Ms. Chalupa because of her engagement with Ukrainian and other diasporas in Washington D.C., and not in her DNC capacity. We’ve learned about her DNC involvement later,” Chaly said in a statement issued by his embassy. “We were surprised to see Alexandra’s interest in Mr. Paul Manafort’s case. It was her own cause. The Embassy representatives unambiguously refused to get involved in any way, as we were convinced that this is a strictly U.S. domestic matter.”
“All ideas floated by Alexandra were related to approaching a Member of Congress with a purpose to initiate hearings on Paul Manafort or letting an investigative journalist ask President Poroshenko a question about Mr. Manafort during his public talk in Washington, D.C.,” the ambassador explained.
Reached by phone last week, Chalupa said she was too busy to talk. She did not respond to email and phone messages seeking subsequent comment.
Chaly’s written answers mark the most direct acknowledgement by Ukraine’s government that an American tied to the Democratic Party sought the country’s help in the 2016 election, and they confirm the main points of a January 2017 story by Politico on Chalupa’s efforts.
In that story, the embassy was broadly quoted as denying interference in the election and suggested Chalupa’s main reason for contacting the ambassador’s office was to organize an event celebrating female leaders.
The fresh statement comes several months after a Ukrainian court ruledthat the country’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau, closely aligned with the U.S. Embassy in Kiev, and a parliamentarian named Serhiy Leshchenko wrongly interfered in the 2016 American election by releasing documents related to Manafort.
The acknowledgement by Kiev’s embassy, plus newly released testimony, suggests the Ukrainian efforts to influence the U.S. election had some intersections in Washington as well.
Nellie Ohr, wife of senior U.S. Justice Department official Bruce Ohr, acknowledged in congressional testimony that, while working for the Clinton-hired research firm Fusion GPS, she researched Trump’s and Manafort’s ties to Russia and learned that Leshchenko, the Ukrainian lawmaker, was providing dirt to Fusion.
Fusion also paid British intelligence operative Christopher Steele, whose anti-Trump dossier the FBI used as primary evidence to support its request to spy on Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
In addition, I wrote last month that the Obama White House invited Ukrainian law enforcement officials to a meeting in January 2016 as Trump rose in the polls on his improbable path to the presidency. The meeting led to U.S. requests to the Ukrainians to help investigate Manafort, setting in motion a series of events that led to the Ukrainians leaking the documents about Manafort in May 2016.
The DNC’s embassy contacts add a new dimension, though. Chalupa discussed in the 2017 Politico article about her efforts to dig up dirt on Trump and Manafort, including at the Ukrainian Embassy.
Federal Election Commission records show Chalupa’s firm, Chalupa & Associates, was paid $71,918 by the DNC during the 2016 election cycle.
Exactly how the Ukrainian Embassy responded to Chalupa’s inquiries remains in dispute.
Chaly’s statement says the embassy rebuffed her requests for information: “No documents related to Trump campaign or any individuals involved in the campaign have been passed to Ms. Chalupa or the DNC neither from the Embassy nor via the Embassy. No documents exchange was even discussed.”
But Andrii Telizhenko, a former political officer who worked under Chaly from December 2015 through June 2016, told me he was instructed by the ambassador and his top deputy to meet with Chalupa in March 2016 and to gather whatever dirt Ukraine had in its government files about Trump and Manafort.
Telizhenko said that when he was told by the embassy to arrange the meeting, both Chaly and the ambassador’s top deputy identified Chalupa “as someone working for the DNC and trying to get Clinton elected.”
Over lunch at a Washington restaurant, Chalupa told Telizhenko in stark terms what she hoped the Ukrainians could provide the DNC and the Clinton campaign, according to his account.
“She said the DNC wanted to collect evidence that Trump, his organization and Manafort were Russian assets, working to hurt the U.S. and working with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin against the U.S. interests. She indicated if we could find the evidence they would introduce it in Congress in September and try to build a case that Trump should be removed from the ballot, from the election,” he recalled.
After the meeting, Telizhenko said he became concerned about the legality of using his country’s assets to help an American political party win a U.S. election. But he proceeded with his assignment.
Telizhenko said that as he began his research, he discovered that Fusion GPS was nosing around Ukraine, seeking similar information, and he believed they, too, worked for the Democrats.
As a former aide inside the general prosecutor’s office in Kiev, Telizhenko used contacts with intelligence, police and prosecutors across the country to secure information connecting Russian figures to assistance on some of the Trump organization’s real estate deals overseas, including a tower in Toronto.
Telizhenko said he did not want to provide the intelligence he collected directly to Chalupa and instead handed the materials to Chaly: “I told him what we were doing was illegal, that it was unethical doing this as diplomats.” He said the ambassador told him he would handle the matter and had opened a second channel back in Ukraine to continue finding dirt on Trump.
Telizhenko said he also was instructed by his bosses to meet with an American journalist researching Manafort’s ties to Ukraine.
About a month later, he said his relationship with the ambassador soured and, by June 2016, he was ordered to return to Ukraine. There, he reported his concerns about the embassy’s contacts with the Democrats to the former prosecutor general’s office and officials in the Poroshenko administration: “Everybody already knew what was going on and told me it had been approved at the highest levels.”
Telizhenko said he never was able to confirm whether the information he collected for Chalupa was delivered to her, the DNC or the Clinton campaign.
Chalupa, meanwhile, continued to build a case that Manafort and Trump were tied to Russia.
In April 2016, she attended an international symposium where she reported back to the DNC that she had met with 68 Ukrainian investigative journalists to talk about Manafort. She also wrote that she invited American reporter Michael Isikoff to speak with her. Isikoff wrote some of the seminal stories tying Manafort to Ukraine and Trump to Russia; he later wrote a book making a case for Russian collusion.
“A lot more coming down the pipe,” Chalupa wrote a top DNC official on May 3, 2016, recounting her effort to educate Ukrainian journalists and Isikoff about Manafort.
Then she added, “More offline tomorrow since there is a big Trump component you and Lauren need to be aware of that will hit in next few weeks and something I’m working on you should be aware of.”
Less than a month later, the “black ledger” identifying payments to Manafort was announced in Ukraine, forcing Manafort to resign as Trump’s campaign chairman and eventually to face criminal prosecution for improper foreign lobbying.
DNC officials have suggested in the past that Chalupa’s efforts were personal, not officially on behalf of the DNC. But Chalupa’s May 2016 email clearly informed a senior DNC official that she was “digging into Manafort” and she suspected someone was trying to hack into her email account.
Chaly over the years has tried to portray his role as Ukraine’s ambassador in Washington as one of neutrality during the 2016 election. But in August 2016 he raised eyebrows in some diplomatic circles when he wrote an op-ed for The Hill skewering Trump for some of his comments on Russia. “Trump’s comments send wrong message to world,” Chaly’s article blared in the headline.
In his statement to me, Chaly said he wrote the op-ed because he had been solicited for his views by The Hill’s opinion team.
Chaly’s office also acknowledged that a month after the op-ed, President Poroshenko met with then-candidate Clinton during a stop in New York. The office said the ambassador requested a similar meeting with Trump but it didn’t get organized.
Though Chaly and Telizhenko disagree on what Ukraine did after it got Chalupa’s request, they confirm that a paid contractor of the DNC solicited their government’s help to find dirt on Trump that could sway the 2016 election.
For a Democratic Party that spent more than two years building the now disproven theory that Trump colluded with Russia to hijack the 2016 election, the tale of the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington feels just like a speeding political boomerang.
John Solomon is an award-winning investigative journalist whose work over the years has exposed U.S. and FBI intelligence failures before the Sept. 11 attacks, federal scientists’ misuse of foster children and veterans in drug experiments, and numerous cases of political corruption. He serves as an investigative columnist and executive vice president for video at The Hill. Follow him on Twitter @jsolomonReports.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/441892-ukrainian-embassy-confirms-dnc-contractor-solicited-trump-dirt-in-2016[
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