Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Axios
Axios
Politics
Rebecca Falconer

Nicolás Maduro thanks military for overcoming U.S.-led coup: Report

Photo: YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro thanked the country's military Saturday for overcoming a "coup" orchestrated by the U.S. and opposition leader Juan Guaidó, the BBC reports.

They invited the armed forces to carry out a military coup and their reply was clear - they have defeated the coup plotters."

Details: Maduro blamed opposition "cyber attacks" for being behind Venezuela's crippling power cuts (Maduro had claimed Thursday that the U.S. caused it.). He's yet to provide proof of the source of the outages.

The big picture: Guaidó's supporters clashed with police in Venezuela's capital, Caracas, earlier Saturday, as pro- and anti-government protesters demonstrated in the streets.

Go deeper: Stay up to date on Venezuela.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.