CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino on Tuesday reaffirmed the military’s “absolute loyalty” to President Nicolas Maduro, amid an on-going dispute over the country’s contested presidential election results.
The comments came after opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez and leader Maria Corina Machado on Monday urged members of the armed forces “to stand at the side of the people,” in a letter published on Monday.
(Reporting by Vivian Sequera; Writing by Oliver Griffin)
