<span style="color: #222222;">In Venezuela, opposition leader Juan Guaido dismissed government claims of an attempted coup, and said he would continue calls on the armed forces to abandon President Nicolas Maduro. <br />''<br />''Guaido told reporters, it is the same story for the umpteenth time, and the press has lost count of how many times the same accusations have been repeated.<br />''<br />''Earlier, Venezuela's government claimed that it has foiled an attempted coup, claiming the United States, Colombia and Chile colluded in a plot by officers to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro and install a general in his place. <br />''<br />''Venezuela's Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez said, the plan involved both active and retired army officers and was to have been executed between Sunday and Monday of this week. <br />''<br />''He also accused Colombia's right-wing President Ivan Duque of planning coups, assassinations of the president as well as implicating Chile's conservative President Sebastian Pinera and US National Security Advisor John Bolton in the plot.</span><br />''<br />