Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido announced a “gradual” strike in the public sector to pile up pressure on President Nicolas Maduro.
Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting President Juan Guaido speaks at a news conference in Caracas on Tuesday.
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Tuesday announced a public sector strike to increase pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to give up power. “Public sector employees, workers, trade unions will not continue cooperating with … a regime that jails and persecutes them,” Guaido said at a meeting with union leaders in Caracas.He told journalists a “gradual” strike involving “all the sectors” had been proposed by workers, who would announce its start date.
Guaido, who in January declared himself interim president, promised union representatives that employees who turn against Maduro would be granted “amnesty.”leader has made a similar offer to the army. Hundreds of soldiers have defected and crossed into neighboring Colombia, but Maduro appears to have the loyalty of military leaders.
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