Venezuelan Official Breaks With Maduro

Hugo Carvajal, the former military-intelligence chief, pledges support for opposition leader Juan Guaidó and says humanitarian aid should be let into the country

The former chief of Venezuela’s military intelligence broke with President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday and pledged his support for U.S.-backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó amid a deepening political crisis in the South American nation.

Hugo Carvajal, a retired general and current congressman for the ruling Socialist Party, called for authorities to allow into Venezuela the humanitarian aid that the U.S. is stockpiling on the Colombian border.

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