A top Venezuelan air force general said he doesn’t recognize President Nicolas Maduro as the legitimate leader and backed opposition leader Juan Guaido as the interim head-of-state. VENEZUELA’S OPPOSITION LEADER COURTS MADURO’S INTERNATIONAL ALLIES AFTER ‘CLANDESTINE MEETINGS’ WITH MILITARYGeneral Francisco Yanez, a member of the air force’s high command, urged others in the military to defect, according to Reuters. Yanez is the first high-ranking general to publicly support the opposition leader. Guaido has been recognized by President Trump from the onset of the political crisis in Venezuela. But the new interim head-of-state is still scrambling to secure a domestic and international collation against Maduro.

Source: Fox News February 02, 2019 16:30 UTC