CARACAS, May 8 — Members of Venezuela's opposition in October negotiated a US$213 million (RM919.4 million) deal with a small Florida security company to invade the country and overthrow President Nicolas Maduro, according to a document published by the Washington Post yesterday. Venezuelan...
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CARACAS, May 8 — Members of Venezuela's opposition in October negotiated a US$213 million deal with a small Florida security company to invade the country and overthrow President Nicolas Maduro, according to a document published by theVenezuelan authorities this week arrested more than a dozen people, including Americans who work for the company Silvercorp USA, as part of a bungled incursion that has served as a public relations victory for Maduro's struggling government.
The document deals a blow to the credibility of opposition leader Juan Guaido, who has vehemently denied any links to Silvercorp or involvement in the attempt to remove Maduro by force. The plan described in the 42-page document offers minute tactical details ranging from which land mines to deploy and what riot gear to use, but offers no explanation of how a small group of commandos could overpower hundreds of thousands of security forces who remain loyal to the ruling Socialist Party.
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