Syria, itself targeted by U. S. intervention, warned
Syria has condemned Tuesday’s uprising supported by the U. S. in Venezuela, whose socialist government was also backed by Russia.
The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency cited an official at the Syrian Foreign Ministry responding Wednesday to violence that broke out in Venezuela after parliament speaker Juan Guaidó called for troops to back his self-proclaimed bid for the presidency in defiance of President Nicolás Maduro. The official called the incident a « failed coup attempt against the constitutional legitimacy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, » where the U. S. and its allies consider Guaidó acting head of state.
« The latest developments and reactions in Washington have proven that the American administration is moving forward in its policies which aim at undermining stability in Venezuela and that it is using all weapons it possesses including the economic siege to overturn the choices of the Venezuelan people and to transform Venezuela into a small state within the orbit of U. S. policy, » the official said.
« Based on that, » it added, « the failure of the coup attempt represents a strong blow to the American administration and an abject failure for its policies. »
Security forces confront anti-government protesters during clashes in the surroundings of La Carlota military base in Caracas during the commemoration of May Day on May 1. Protests continued a day after violent clashes on the streets of the capital spurred by opposition leader Juan Guaidó’s call on the military to rise up against President Nicolás Maduro. FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images
As Guaidó and Maduro faced off at home amid a deteriorating economic situation, their feud became the latest issue to divide the international community. As was the case following the 2011 uprising in Syria, Venezuela’s crisis has left the U.
