There's an attempted coup in progress in Venezuela, an attempt orchestrated and directed by political and financial elites in the United States. Outlandish? Not if you ask Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who spoke at length during a news conference Friday night about his allegations of conspiracy, which others call conspiracy theories. His staff made sure foreign media, including CNN journalists, got an invitation. The news conference, carried live on state-run TV, lasted two hours and 28 minutes. It may have seemed like an eternity to foreign correspondents, but it was brief by Venezuelan standards, especially compared to Maduro's predecessor. The late President Hugo Chavez would talk politics, economics, and baseball for hours on end. He would occasionally serenade Venezuelans while addressing the entire nation on live TV.
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President Maduro shares the conspiracy theories of Hugo Chavez
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Maduro says there is an attempted coup in progress against him
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His news conference lasted for more than two hours
Asked about the polarization of @placeholder, Maduro said "there's no democracy without a politicized people."