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    Venezuela Claims to Control `Attack’ at Military Base

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    Possible failed (unconfirmed) coup in Venezuela but who knows when majority of  reporters have been kicked out-  PB/TK 

    Venezuela Claims to Control `Attack’ at Military Base – By Daniel Cancel / Aug 6 2017

    (Bloomberg) — Venezuela’s ruling socialist party said that an “attack” by “mercenaries” early on Sunday at a military base in the central city of Valencia had been defeated and several people detained.

    At dawn, terrorists entered the Paramacay base in Valencia to attack our national armed forces. There are several terrorists detained, Diosdado Cabello, a long-time government official and lawmaker who’s currently one of the highest ranking socialist party members, said on his Twitter account. “There’s absolute calm in the other military bases.”

    While Bloomberg couldn’t independently confirm the incident, videos circulated on social media taken from nearby apartment buildings that showed armored cars driving near the entrance of the base as smoke lifted in the distance, with sounds of possible gunshots. A separate video showed a group of soldiers led by a captain identified as Juan Carlos Caguaripano, declaring themselves in rebellion.

    The incident comes just days after President Nicolas Maduro installed his constituent assembly charged with rewriting the constitution in the nation with the world’s biggest oil reserves. The vote to elect the assembly, which took place a week ago, was boycotted by the opposition and marred by accusations of fraud. The assembly on Saturday removed the chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega Diaz, a critic of Maduro’s regime, and vowed to rule for a maximum of two years.

    Continue to msn.com article: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/venezuela-claims-to-control-attack-at-military-base/ar-AApxxhJ?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp

     

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