Guaidó thinks the regime crossed the red line a long time ago, but admits it’s up to its allies to decide when they’ll send international cooperation. A lawmaker has been arrested and others had to take refuge in embassies. Salomón Rondón and El Pitazo make us proud.
SEBIN arrested lawmaker Edgar Zambrano and towed his car to El Helicoide, sparking international condemnation, while the TSJ keeps accusing other AN members for the April 30th uprising and Tarek William Saab claims to have proof of their involvement. Diosdado Cabello celebrates Zambrano's arrest and regime security forces keep committing extrajudicial executions.
TSJ stripped six deputies of their parliamentary immunity yesterday. Deputy Gilber Caro has been missing for 11 days. The ANC hasn’t written the Constitution it promised over and over, because attacking legitimately elected deputies takes too much time. The U.S. lifted Christopher Figuera’s sanctions.
Nobody knows what happened on April 30th, what we do know is we saw a crack that we’d never seen before. Is it enough? Foreign currency exchange controls were not lifted. Giovanny Figuera died waiting for his bone marrow transplant. Panama elected Laurentino Cortizo on Sunday
Padrino López and Nicolás gave us memes for days when he declared “they tried to buy us off”. The New York Times is on to Tareck El Aissami. Leopoldo stood on the threshold of the Spanish ambassador’s residence and he said that, according to his calculations, the end of the usurpation is mere weeks away. Venezuelan scientist gets a Whitley Award.
Venezuelans protested in every state on May 1st. Jurubith Rausseo was injured protesting in Altamira and died yesterday. She was the 55th protester who has died in 2019. Colectivos were in charge of repression. Several journalists were injured while covering the protests.
Guaidó shared a video on social media calling Venezuelans to return to the streets on May 1st. Nicolás taped his mandatory broadcast, mixing and changing yesterday’s details and plot. Russia, Cuba and the U.S. had their say in the start of Operation Freedom.
After Guaidó's call for rebellion, protests swept across most of the country, and repression, mostly carried out by armed civilians and the National Guard, left dozens of citizens injured. The Lima Group issued a statement supporting Guaidó and urging Maduro to leave power peacefully. After his release from house arrest, Leopoldo López and his family were received as guests at the Chilean embassy. U.S. officials claimed that Maduro's exit was agreed between three regime authorities and that he was planning to head to Havana but Russia convinced him to remain in Caracas.
Guaidó announced "the beginning of the end of usurpation" accompanied by Leopoldo López from La Carlota airbase, after National Guard officers rose against the regime. Protests erupt in several cities. Earlier, regime spokespeople attempted to minimize the incident but are now silent. The international community congratulates soldiers for supporting the Constitution and democracy.
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Jorge Arreaza and judge Carol Padilla. The regime arbitrarily detained lawmaker Gilber Caro again. Juan Guaidó continues his national tour in Aragua. A boat that sailed from Sucre to Trinidad y Tobago sank en route, nine people were rescued but 21 are still missing. Russia says they're outraged by U.S. sanctions against Arreaza.
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