Venezuela court issues warrant for opposition figure Lopez as Maduro seeks to show military loyalty

[Ghost Dog]

1. According to Reuters, cough,

there was a "pre-dawn military uprising on Tuesday, urged on by opposition leader and Lopez ally Juan Guaido, (which) failed to gain steam."

Does that sound like an accurate description of events, to anyone closely following events?

According to the same Reuters article, López was "arrested during a protest movement in 2014 and transferred to house arrest in 2017. He appeared together with Guaido and dozens of soldiers on Tuesday after escaping his home and before seeking refuge at the Spanish residence." Reuters chooses not to detail the charges against López: incitement to violence in demonstrations which resulted in several homicides by violent demonstrators loyal to him, on which he was found guilty and sentenced.

However, Reuters does report that "Tens of thousands took to the streets across the country on Tuesday and Wednesday, heeding Guaido’s call to keep the pressure on Maduro. Clashes with security forces left four dead, along with hundreds injured or detained... In a tweet about the death of a protester at the hands of security forces on Wednesday, (Guadó) said, “The murderers will have to take responsibility for their crimes” and members of the armed forces were “sworn to protect the people..."

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-venezuela-politics/venezuela-opposition-figure-facing-arrest-warrant-says-he-met-with-generals-idUKKCN1S81JC

You couldn't make it up. Without such help from Reuters & Co, that is.