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Via Daily Mail:
Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro has rejected demands by European countries to call elections within eight days, insisting his homeland is ‘not tied’ to them.
European powers, including France and Germany, warned they would recognise opposition leader Juan Guaido as president unless Maduro calls the elections.
But in an interview to CNN Turk, broadcast on Sunday, Maduro insisted that ‘no one can give us an ultimatum’.
It comes as Venezuela’s top military representative to the US has been slammed as a traitor after he declared that he now recognises Guaido as the president, abandoning Maduro’s government.
Colonel Jose Luis Silva’s defection is significant as Maduro, who has accused Guaido of a coup, retains the support of the country’s security forces.
The latest development comes as European powers signaled they were ready to follow the United States in recognizing National Assembly President Guaido as Venezuela’s rightful leader.
Maduro’s foreign minister, Jorge Arreaza, had already rejected the deadline during an emergency UN Security Council meeting.
Guaidó declared himself ‘acting president’ on Wednesday, gaining the backing of several countries with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo launching a fiery speech at the United Nations on Saturday, slamming Venezuela’s dictatorial regime under Maduro as an ‘illegitimate mafia state’.
Col Silva’s intervention is a blow to Maduro, with the armed forces seen as crucial in the current struggle.