Venezuela Opposition Says Army Must Choose Sides

Venezuela's opposition has rejected the state of emergency ordered by President Nicolas Maduro and called on the military to decide whether it will side with the constitution or Maduro as the country convulses under severe economic crisis.

"If Maduro wants to apply this decree he will have to bring out the warplanes and the tanks into the street, because he will have to apply it through force," opposition leader Henrique Capriles told a news conference, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports.