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Venezuela: Maduro foes in failed attack on army base
Caracas suspended from regional trade bloc

A TERRORIST attack on the Venezuelan military base at Fort Paramacay in Valencia was foiled yesterday by the army, military veteran and former president Diosdado Cabello said.

He said there was “absolute normality among military units in the rest of the country.”

A video was posted online by the attackers, who wore military fatigues and carried assault rifles. They declared themselves “in rebellion” and said any troops who didn’t join their uprising would be considered “military targets.” Several have been arrested.

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