Maduro tells Euronews that attempt to overthrow his government is over

Nicolas Maduro has told Euronews that an attempt to overthow his government is “over” as he attacked the European Union for “blindly” following the politics of Donald Trump in backing his opponents.

Maduro said that National Assembly leader Juan Guiado, recognised as interim president by the US and most European nations, had been hoping to bring about a military coup but had failed to secure the army’s support.

“It was madness… they wanted a military coup. But they failed. They were playing that card. But it’s over,” he told Anelise Borges in an interview at the presidential palace in Caracas.

Maduro has been locked in an ouvert confrontation against the opposition for the past two weeks since the National Assembly declared his latest election victory as invalid and proclaimed Guaido as a caretaker leader until new elections can take place.

“I believe that Frederica Mogherini [the European Union’s foreign affairs supremo] and EU governments have made a huge mistake. They have listened to only one side, they’ve paid attention to only one side. They didn’t listen to the entire country that wants dialogue, understanding, respect,” Maduro said.

“And [they] didn’t listen to us who have a voice of true power. I believe Europe has been blindly associating itself with Donald Trump’s bad politics”

Via Euronews