By the end of Tuesday, Guaid had already received the support of the US, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, among other countries. Maduro quickly hit back, saying the US was pushing for his ousting because it wants to exploit Venezuela's oil reserves.
On Wednesday, Venezuelan media reported that military leaders were doubling down on their support for Maduro and were rejecting any sort of foreign interference in their country.
"We ratify our respect and loyalty to the constitution," said military commander William Miguel Serantes in a televised address.
On Tuesday, Guaid asked the Venezuelan military to abandon Maduro and join the opposition, in order to oust the man who rose to the presidency after Hugo Chavez died in 2013. But on Wednesday, Venezuelan defense minister, Vladimir Padrino Lpez, rejected Guaid.
"We love Venezuela profoundly and will die defending her," Padrino Lpez said. "We will never cease to be on the side of the Venezuela people."
The military's rejection of Guaid's position and the international backing it has received is heavily based on the country's rejection of foreign interference in its government. During his Tuesday address, Maduro doubled-down on his rejection of American policy, bringing up the US' checkered past of intervening in Latin American governments.
Guaid is the president of Venezuela's National Assembly which, though left largely powerless by the president, opposes Maduro. Through the assembly, Guaid had promised to create an amnesty policy for civil or military functionaries who were willing to reject Maduro and join the opposition.
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