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World News See other World News Articles Title: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro 'survives' alleged drone assassination attempt while making a speech at Army event, as video shows soldiers running from the scene Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro 'survives' alleged drone assassination attempt while making a speech at Army event, as video shows soldiers running from the scene Alex Green 1 hour ago a group of people standing next to a car: Security forces and members of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service check a building after the drone detonated its load Next Slide 1/5 SLIDES © Provided by Associated Newspapers Limited Seven national guards have been injured in Venezuela after what is believed to have been an assassination attempt on President Nicolas Maduro. Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez said in a live broadcast that several drone-like devices with explosives detonated near the president. He said Maduro is safe and unharmed but that seven people were injured. Footage broadcast by state television has shown the Venezuelan leader abruptly cutting short a speech as hundreds of soldiers scatter. Mr Maduro was speaking in the capital of Caracas during a celebration of the National Guard's 81st anniversary. He was standing next to his wife Cilia Flores and several high ranking military officials for the event broadcast on radio and television. A video shows Ms Flores wince and look up after a sound. The soldiers lined up in ranks then begin running. The transmission was cut without explanation. 'To the conscious Venezuela, we are going to bet for the good of our country, the hour of the economic recovery has come and we need...' Mr Maduro was saying before the cameras moved away from him. However, firefighters near the scene are disputing the government's version of events. The attack comes as the nation struggles with an economic crisis. A once-wealthy oil country, Venezuela's economy is crumbling in a five-year recession following two decades of socialist rule and plummeting crude production. Venezuela's soaring inflation is predicted to top 1 million percent by the end of the year, economists at the International Monetary Fund recently predicted. The country's economic turmoil compares to Germany's after World War I and Zimbabwe's at the beginning of the last decade, IMF officials said, adding that Venezuela's economic contraction ranks among the world's deepest in six decades. Poster Comment: Slide show at source. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 1.
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Not surprising as he has given probably 85+% of the country a lots of reasons to see him dead. People are dying in that country because of his policies. Thankfully, it seems in recent days he has finally started to own up to the fact that the disaster the country is his doing and his responsibility. but too little, too late for his good, I imagine. This attempt will embolden others to try again, I imagine.
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