#Venezuela’s Opposition Held Talks With Government on Ousting #Maduro

"In the end, the ex­act rea­son the talks broke down couldn't be de­ter­mined. On Tues­day, Mr. Guaidó, joined by only a hand­ful of Na-tional Guard troops, called for a re­bel­lion, lead­ing to two con­sec­u­tive days of wide­spread protests. But only one se­nior regime of­fi­cial—the head of Venezuela's se­cret ser­vice—has switched sides."

"The per­son fa­mil­iar with the talks said not every­one on the Venezue­lan gov­ern­ment side was act­ing in good faith. This per­son said Gen. Padrino feigned his role as a con­spir­a­tor, while at the same time in­form­ing Mr. Maduro and top of­fi­cials in the regime, as well as the Rus­sians."

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