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Venezuelan military official drops allegiance to Maduro

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AFP Caracas
Last Updated : Feb 10 2019 | 8:50 AM IST

An active-duty Venezuelan army colonel who is a military doctor has dropped his allegiance to President Nicolas Maduro, backing opposition leader Juan Guaido instead.

"Ninety per cent of us in the armed forces are really unhappy," Colonel Ruben Paz Jimenez said in a video released Saturday. "We are being used to keep them in power."

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First Published: Feb 10 2019 | 8:50 AM IST

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