Maduro calls army to streets ahead of Venezuela protest

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the army into the streets as the South American nation braces for what his opponents vow will be the "mother of all protests" on Wednesday.


Mr Maduro, who has faced violent protests over recent moves to tighten his grip on power, ordered the military to defend the leftist "Bolivarian revolution" launched by his late mentor Hugo Chavez in 1999.

"From the first reveille (on Monday morning), from the first rooster crow, the Bolivarian National Armed Forces will be in the streets... saying, 'Long live the Bolivarian revolution,'" Maduro said Sunday night in a televised address.

State TV showed images of army units marching in the streets of the capital, Caracas, as Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino watched.

However there was no sign of soldiers on patrol in the capital this morning.
 [rte.ie]
17/4/17