Today has been pretty crazy in Venezuela.
Caracas woke up to Juan Guaido announcing that #OperacionLibertad was under way.
En el marco de nuestra constitución. Y por el cese definitivo de la usurpación. https://t.co/3RD2bnQhxt— Juan Guaidó (@jguaido) April 30, 2019
Venezuelans the world over were (pleasantly?) surprised that Leopoldo Lopez was beside him, and out of his house where he has been under house arrest since his transfer from prison last year. (He was released by SEBIN agents that turned on Maduro, along with some other Political Prisoners.)
Within hours, the streets of Caracas and other cities in the interior, especially those where major military installations are located, were filled with opposition members. In Caracas, Guaido and his supporters went to the Carlota Airbase on the eastern side of the city. Soon enough the Colectivos showed up. These are the local militias that Chavez and Maduro armed to "defend the revolution."
I initially posted a tweet believing the shots were being fired by these Colectivos against the opposition demonstrators. But I quickly found out that this time, it wasn't the usual script playing out. Instead, it was the national guard and SEBIN forces that had turned on Maduro to support Guaido, that were shooting at the Colectivos that had come to harass and intimidate the demonstrators.
No sooner had I realized my mistake, I posted a Correction within the hour.
It was too late, the power of Twitter had worked its magic. It had gone (semi) viral. The susbsequent tweet is still waiting to hit it big....CORRECTION: I’ve been informed by reliable sources that this is actually a video of military supporters of @jguaido fending off an attack by the #Colectivos. So I got a taste of the power of Twitter!— MasterFeeds (@MasterFeed) April 30, 2019
As opposition supporters gather near the #Carlota Airbase in #Caracas, National Guard troops now loyal to interim president @JGuaido fire on #Colectivos who’ve come to target the demonstrators. #Venezuela pic.twitter.com/qhVqbSD9sM— MasterFeeds (@MasterFeed) April 30, 2019
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