Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced
that he was increasing the nation's militia paramilitary force to
half-a-million and instructed members to seize power in the oil-rich nation in
case he is unseated. "If the right wing attempts a coup d'etat, go out and
seize power," the embattled President said Monday. "I have approved
the plan for Defense Minister Padrino Lopez to expand our militia to 500,000
men and equip each of them, including a rifle." The militia does not have
Constitutional standing, as a move by the late Hugo Chavez, Maduro's mentor and
predecessor, to have Venezuela's Magna Carta amended to provide that force was
rejected in 2007. More… 
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Venezuela's Maduro Tells Militia to Seize Power if He is Deposed
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced
that he was increasing the nation's militia paramilitary force to
half-a-million and instructed members to seize power in the oil-rich nation in
case he is unseated. "If the right wing attempts a coup d'etat, go out and
seize power," the embattled President said Monday. "I have approved
the plan for Defense Minister Padrino Lopez to expand our militia to 500,000
men and equip each of them, including a rifle." The militia does not have
Constitutional standing, as a move by the late Hugo Chavez, Maduro's mentor and
predecessor, to have Venezuela's Magna Carta amended to provide that force was
rejected in 2007. More… 
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