Address Broadcast: Dictator Maduro

address broadcast: Tensions have soared between the two nations after the Trump administration recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido, who claimed Wednesday to hold the presidency and vowed to remove Maduro, calling him a dictator, according to The Japan Times. Maduro retaliated by severing relations with the U.S. and giving American diplomats 72 hours to leave Venezuela. Maduro warned that if U.S. officials have any sense they will pull out their own diplomats from the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, rather than defying his order for them to leave. ; They believe they have a colonial hold in Venezuela, where they decide what they want to do, Maduro said in an address broadcast live on state TV. You must fulfill my order from the government of Venezuela. However, Washington said it would ignore the order after Guaido issued his own statement urging foreign embassies to disavow Maduro's orders and keep their diplomats in the country. Venezuela's top military brass pledged their unwavering support to Maduro, delivering vows of loyalty earlier Thursday before rows of green-uniformed officers on state television. All eyes have been on the military, a traditional arbiter of political disputes in Venezuela, as a critical indicator of whether the opposition will succeed in establishing a new government. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.