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href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/telesuragenda/Syriza-Victory-in-Greece-20150121-0015.html" title="Syriza Victory in Greece"><span style='color:blue'>Syriza Victory in Greece </span></a><a href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/telesuragenda/The-Death-of-Argentine-Attorney-Alberto-Nisman-20150122-0021.html" title="Argentina's Nisman Case"><span style='color:blue'>Argentina's Nisman Case </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/section/news" title=News><span style='color:blue'>News</span></a> <a href="http://www.telesurtv.net/SubSecciones/en/news/latinaamerica/" title="Latin America"><span style='color:blue'>> Latin America</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Nicaragua Offers Backing for Venezuela against Coup Plot <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><img border=0 width=600 height=340 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D04AE4.A9783250" alt="Description: A banner reads "Venezuela is not alone" on a demonstration in Spain in 2014"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A banner reads "Venezuela is not alone" on a demonstration in Spain in 2014 | Photo: Venezuelan Embassy in Spain<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Published 14 February 2015 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><img border=0 width=27 height=23 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.png@01D04AE4.A9783250" alt="Description: Coments"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Nicaragua-Offers-Backing-for-Venezuela-against-Coup-Plot---20150214-0021.html#comsup" title=Coments><span style='color:blue'>+</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>President Nicolas Maduro has received numerous messages of solidarity after he revealed that his government had thwarted a coup attempt.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is the latest leader to offer solidarity to Venezuela following the revelations of the <a href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Coup-Plot-in-Venezuela-Thwarted-20150212-0030.html"><span style='color:blue'>latest coup plot</span></a> against the democratically elected government of President Maduro.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>On Saturday Ortega condemned the "criminal and futile attempts of the Empire to undermine the Bolivarian Revolution," and expressed his support to Venezuela and categorically rejected the destabilization plans carried out by the right-wing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>In addition, the Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity expressed, from Mexico City, its solidarity with the Venezuelan government and issued an official statement condemning any kind of coup plot promoted by the opposition leaders.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Read our special feature <a href="http://econwaronvenezuela.telesurtv.net/"><span style='color:blue'>Venezuela Coup Thwarted</span></a> and our in-depth coverage on the wider <a href="http://econwaronvenezuela.telesurtv.net/"><span style='color:blue'>War on Venezuela's Democracy</span></a></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Civil and political organizations, leaders and governments from all over the world have been offering their support to Venezuela.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Ernesto Samper, through his twitter account, said that the regional bloc supports President Maduro and rejected the intended cup plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>On Friday, Bolivian President Evo Morales <a href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Morales-Expresses-Solidarity-with-Venezuela-against-Coup-Plot--20150213-0012.html"><span style='color:blue'>expressed his solidarity</span></a> with the Bolivarian Revolution, saying “We all have the obligation to enforce respect of democracy and elections, and if we all have a clear conscious, not even the empire can defeat us.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Nicolas Maduro announced Thursday that the government had thwarted a coup attempt which was being coordinated by Venezuela's right-wing opposition with the support of the U.S. government.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Just the day before the revelations, opposition leaders Leopoldo Lopez, Maria Corina Machado and Antonio Ledezma released a <a href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/analysis/Key-Opposition-Leaders-Released-Transition-Statement-before-Thwarted-Coup-20150213-0004.html"><span style='color:blue'>“transition plan”</span></a> which involved privatization of the country's oil, deregulation of the economy and accords with “international financial institutions” including the International Monetary Fund.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><img border=0 width=300 height=250 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D04AE4.A9783250" alt="Description: http://advert.telesurtv.net/images/adc6b22ee2a7e9abdc41395363ae29f3.jpg"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>