(CNN) The leader of Venezuela's opposition, Juan Guaido, on Tuesday declared he was "beginning the final phase of Operation Freedom" after a dawn address in which he was flanked by men in military fatigues and armored vehicles in the capital Caracas. Venezuela's Information Minister Jorge Rodríguez called Guaido's action a "coup" on Twitter , adding that the government is "deactivating a small number of traitorous military personnel." "We call on the people to remain in maximum alert so that, together with the glorious Bolivian armed forces, we defeat this attempted coup and preserve peace. We will win," he said. Speaking with opposition figure Leopoldo Lopez by his side, Guaido declared the "start of the end of the usurpation" in a video, which he said was filmed in a military airbase in Caracas, La Carlota.

Source: CNN April 30, 2019 10:30 UTC