Maduros Soldiers Have Begun Disobeying Orders Rubio Says

(Yahoo! News) Patricia Laya February 21 2019 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuelan troops have begun disobeying orders from Nicolas Maduros top officers and are unlikely to heed calls to crack down on a humanitarian-aid caravan scheduled to enter the country this weekend U.S. Senator Marco Rubio said. Saturdays a day when were going to find a lot about the Maduro regime" Rubio whos been helping set U.S. policy toward Venezuela said in a telephone interview on Wednesday. I have reason to believe that rank-and-file military are not going to violently suppress aid workers." Juan Guaido the National Assembly leader battling Maduro as legitimate head of the country has been pushing aggressively for soldiers and generals alike to recognize him as president something the U.S. and more than 30 other countries have done. While only one general and two colonels -- among thousands of top officers -- have broken ranks in the past weeks Rubio says Maduros grip is loosening. Theres already significant resistance" among the troops he said adding that high-ranking personnel have doubts about whether the people under their command are going to do what theyre asking them to do."