Trump threatens ‘complete embargo’ and ‘highest-level sanctions’ against Cuba over Venezuela
By Mariana Zuñiga , Anthony Faiola and Anthony Faiola Correspondent covering Latin America, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, human rights, poverty, globalization and economics Email Bio Follow Terrence McCoy Terrence McCoy Reporter covering social issues Email Bio Follow April 30 at 5:57 PM Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó appeared Tuesday with troops at a Caracas military base to announce a “final phase” to remove President Nicolás Maduro from office.
● Video showed an armored vehicle plowing into a crowd of Guaidó supporters in Caracas. The White House posted the footage on Twitter and blamed the “Maduro regime.” People react to tear gas near the Generalisimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base, known as La Carlota, in Caracas, Venezuela. President Trump accused Cuban “troops and militia” of conducting military operations in Venezuela to cause “death and destruction to the Constitution of Venezuela.” If the alleged activities didn’t immediately stop, Trump tweeted, his administration would impose a “full and complete embargo, together with the highest-level sanctions” on Cuba.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Maduro had been prepared to flee the country for Havana on Tuesday. Earlier Tuesday, Padrino appeared on live television dressed in combat fatigues beneath a massive portrait of Maduro to denounce the protests. Soon, Internet services in Venezuela were “restricted,” according to NetBlocks, an organization that tracks connection and electricity services, and people were heading out onto the streets.
“Today, it’s clear that the Armed forces are with Venezuela and not with the dictator,” Guaidó said at the rally. “The coup is being led by Maduro.”Guaidó and the military men protecting him moved toward west Caracas, once a stronghold of support for Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chávez, but which has increasingly turned against the socialist government this year.
Bolivia and Cuba, whose leftist governments support Maduro, condemned what they called a coup. Russia and China have also backed the leftist president’s government.“If Guaidó and Lopez fail to split the military and rally top brass to their cause, then a big question is what happens to them personally, and to the opposition cause more broadly,” said Shannon O’Neil, a Venezuela expert at the Council on Foreign Relations. “They could end up tonight in jail or worse.
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