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TEHRAN, May 01 -Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaido is a “traitor” who is colluding with the administration of President Donald Trump to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro, an American author and radio host says.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -Guaido “is an impostor, he’s a traitor, he’s guilty of treason, sedition, you name it,” Stephen Lendman told Press TV on Tuesday.
“Today on the streets of Caracas, he’s instigating the latest chapter of the Trump regime’s coup,” Lendman said.
The notorious US mercenary firm Blackwater has been reportedly lobbying with the Trump administration as well as opposition figures in Venezuela for a secret mission to topple Maduro, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
The report, citing four unnamed sources, revealed that Erik Prince, the founder of the controversial private security firm, who is also a firm Trump supporter, has offered to deploy an army to the South American country in order to oust Maduro.
According to the report, Prince has been mainly seeking investment and political support for his plan from influential Trump supporters and wealthy Venezuelan nationals who have long been living in exile.
The sources said he has asked for at least $40 million in funds plus a chunk of billions of dollars Venezuela has in frozen assets around the world.
In his private meetings, which stretch from the United States to several European countries, Prince has set out a plan to recruit up to 5,000 mercenaries.
During the Iraq war, the US government hired Blackwater to provide security for State Department operations there.
Erik sold Blackwater in 2010 to a group of investors. He currently heads the private equity firm Frontier Resource Group. He also runs the Hong Kong-based Frontier Services Group, which provides security, aviation and logistics services to Chinese firms operating in Africa.
Maduro has denounced Guaido, who has been recognized as Venezuela’s president by a number of western nations, a US puppet looking to stage a coup.
Source: Press TV
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