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Guaido vows to oust Maduro from office as thousands of Venezuelans protest

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AFP Caracas
Last Updated : Mar 13 2019 | 6:00 AM IST

Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido vowed Tuesday to take Nicolas Maduro's place in the presidential palace "very soon," as thousands of people took to the streets of Caracas to protest.

"We need an office to work in, so very soon, and when we have the armed forces totally on our side, we'll go to find my office there in Miraflores. Very soon," Guaido told supporters, who chanted back: "Yes, you can!"
Venezuela's state prosecutor, Tarek William Saab, meanwhile told reporters he would place Guaido under investigation for "his alleged involvement in the sabotage of the Venezuelan electricity system."
Outlining the case against Guaido, Saab said the opposition leader had disseminated a series of messages that have "stoked violence." "At this moment he appears as one of the intellectual authors of this electrical sabotage and is practically calling for a civil war in the middle of this blackout."

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First Published: Mar 13 2019 | 6:00 AM IST

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