AP:

A man identifying himself as Venezuela's military attache in Washington has broken with Nicolas Maduro and says he now will report to an opposition leader trying to wrest control of the government.

In a video published Saturday, Col. Jose Luis Silva called on other members of the military to join him in defecting from Maduro's government, saying they need to avoid "attacking" protesters whose only aim is to feed themselves.

"The armed forces have a fundamental role to play in the restoration of democracy," Silva said in the video which he said was shot at his office in the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, sitting in front of the nation's red, blue and yellow flag.

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