"We know this modus operandi of the opposition that has been used for the coup d'état, ABR 2002, for the first guarimba on 27FEB 2004, for the violent actions called by Capriles on 2014ABR, one day after the presidential elections."

"I am obliged as Head of State to speak to the people with the truth, we knew the plan before, during and after 28JUL they did everything possible for a violent scenario of advanced sabotage to suspend the elections."

"Yesterday, election day, they fiercely attacked two strategic points of the electrical system for a blackout at 12 noon and at 8 at night, they wanted to turn off the country, that same group conspirator follow it here."

"We know how to face these situations and defeat the violent, we have witnessed a series of events of violent attacks, and several people have been captured right handed 80% of them have criminal record."

"Those captured are confessing that they are being paid 150 dollars per day in addition to pointing out the intellectual authors in each place and instructions have been given to the Prosecutor's Office to go in search and capture of the intellectual authors and financiers of these groups."

"These criminal groups have precise orders of where to attack and what to attack, those who made this plan are the extreme right that cried fraud 15 days before the elections and did not sign the recognition agreement of the electoral result and that they would only recognize some supposed minutes that they would show and that these would replace the electoral power, since 15 days ago they did not recognize the electoral power"

"They intend to start an escalation of guarimba and we are not going to allow it, today, they tried to set fires and managed to cause damage in some parts of the country, impacting 10% of what they wanted in in 2013 with Capriles, in 2014 with Machado, López among others."

"Last night, they attacked a hundred electoral centers, today at dawn they attacked several places in the country, where electoral material was, they destroyed machines and today they tried to harass the CNE headquarters."

"This is the result of an announced plan to organize what they call commandos and with these organize paid criminal groups to attack objectives and generate an escalation of violence that would lead them to their golden dream, assault power in Venezuela."

"I denounces that USA has always been behind this plan in all the plans that seek to destabilize Venezuela and harm the people."

"This group in particular is a radical fascist extremist right-wing group, we are not at the head of a democratic opposition, we are at the head of a violent, fascist and criminal counter-revolution."

"We've seen this movie before' - this was President Maduro's message during a broadcast from Miraflores palace this evening. He stated that violence was the hardline opposition's plan all along and that security forces are doing their jobs

"Another of the objectives they have had is to attack the houses of the PSUV, that is called terrorism and we have told the militancy of the Great Patriotic Pole not to fall into provocations, we have avoided confrontation, I I have avoided a bloodbath and I will continue to avoid it, because the Bolivarian Revolution is the only guarantee of peace and stability in this country."

"I call for calm and sanity...from the bad we must extract the good that we can, from the violence and destruction of these people we must draw conclusions and conscience"

"Evidence with videos of the different attacks throughout the country also expresses that those involved have been arrested and it is expected that during the course of the night all the actors who incited the violence will be captured"

"I call for no one to allow themselves to be manipulated and those who get involved in guarimbero and violent acts will face the law"

"The world has to open its eyes, the entire planet, social movements and leaders, the global extreme right has mounted a Coup against Venezuela."

"These violent groups have also tried to attack town halls"

"Venezuela woke up in peace, we had peace before and during the electoral process... I denounce before the world and before all the people of Venezuela these criminal acts and call for the most powerful reaction of repudiation of these criminal acts committed by criminals from the Comanditos, here, there will be justice"

" I tell the people of #Venezuela , nerves of steel, calm and sanity... to defend peace and we call on the people to declare ourselves in permanent action and vigil to put an end to this attempt insurrectional violence and coup"