The plot that failed: how Venezuela's 'uprising' fizzled

When the coup was hurriedly launched a day early, defections from the regime failed to materialise, Maduro remained in power and the US government looked like it had badly miscalculated A demonstrator stands near a fire during clashes with security forces in Caracas on Wednesday. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters The video that appeared on Tuesday morning had the appearance of history in the making. In the purple light of dawn, it showed a group of armed men and a military vehicle on a road...