Venezuelan Leader Puts Militias on Patrol Ahead of Protests

[TomSea]

Venezuelan Leader Puts Militias on Patrol Ahead of Protests
By Associated Press
November 13, 2019 02:22 AM

 CARACAS - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is beefing up patrols by civilian militias across the nation as political rivals call for mass demonstrations against him.

Maduro in a national broadcast Tuesday ordered the nation's 3.2 million militia members to patrol Venezuela's streets. He gave the command seated between the nation's top-ranking military leaders.

The heightened patrols overlap with a Saturday protest called by opposition lawmaker Juan Guaido, who has led a nearly year-long campaign to oust Maduro with backing from the U.S. and 50 other nations.

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