- Military Attaché of Venezuela to the UN, Cnel. Pedro Chirinos breaks with Maduro and recognizes @ jguaido as Acting President of Venezuela.
- All staff of Venezuelan Embassy in Costa Rica replaced by new, pro-Guaido diplomats.
- Venezuelan Army Colonel Robert Peralta committed suicide
- First defection in SEBIN (Venezuelan Intelligence): SEBIN officer Carlos Fuentes defects from Maduro regime.
- Venezuelan Army Colonel Cesar Gonzalez defects from Maduro and calls on his fellow officers and soldiers to stand in support of constitutional order.
- The New Herald: "US naval group including an aircraft carrier is patrolling near Venezuelan coast, while tens of warships and some submarines are anchored in Cartagena (Colombia) Raul Castro is desperate about what to do with Venezuela."
- "This message is for the Venezuelan military: you will ultimately be responsible for your actions, do things well," said Craig Faller, commander of the US Southern Command.
US Army South Command says they are ready for any scenario in Colombian-Venezuelan border on
February 23
- Minimum monthly salary in Venezuela is $ 6 (six), while in Haiti and Cuba (two poorest countries in Latin America) it is $ 120 and $ 35, respectively.
- Вебсайт Берни Сандерса
http://www.sanders.senate.gov (кандидата в президенты 2016&2020)
"These days, the American dream is more apt to be realized in South America, in places such as Ecuador,
Venezuela and Argentina, where incomes are actually more equal today than they are in the land of Horatio Alger. Who's the banana republic now?" 2011
- Russian Gazprombank blocks all assets of PDVSA (Venezuelan State Oil Company) with a total of around $ 1 billion.
- Marco Rubio: Cuba regime directs the intelligence & repression activities of the # MaduroCrimeFamily
Their repression expertise was on display yesterday when they violently raided homes of leaders of # UNPACU & # CUBADECIDE . That's why more sanctions against them are on the way very soon.
- Chilean President Sebastian Pinera says he will be in Cucuta on
February 23, the day when humanitarian aid is scheduled to enter Venezuela from Colombia.
- In spite of Maduro's order, Venezuelan Army did not close maritime border with Lesser Antilles islands.