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Military support overestimated in failed uprising, says Guaidó

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Caracas | Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó on Saturday (Sunday AEST) acknowledged errors made in attempting to stir a military uprising, and he did not discard a US military option in Venezuela alongside domestic forces - saying he would take any such offer from Washington to a vote in the country's National Assembly.

After a dramatic week that saw a clandestine plan to oust President Nicolás Maduro fall apart on Tuesday, Mr Guaidó conceded that the opposition had miscalculated its support within the military.

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