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CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 HOST: Welcome to CNN 10, where upheaval¹ in Venezuela is the first story we're explaining this Wednesday. I'm Carl Azuz at the CNN Center.

On April 30, conflicting reports were c?oming out about what was happening in the South American country.

During a protest in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, Juan Guaido, the opposition² leader, who in January, declared himself the new president of Venezuela, said, quote, "operation freedom has begun. We're going to stand here together, asking and demanding the military to join."

CNN reporters called this an escalation³ of Guaido's efforts to remove Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro from power. What we don't know is whether this amounts to an attempted military coup⁴ when the armed forces take action to change a nation's government. Guaido's ambassador in Washington says it's not a military coup. He called it a constitutional process led by the Venezuelan people, and said there'd be more events in the hours and days to come. A Venezuelan government official also said it wasn't a military coup. But he told the Reuters news agency that it was another chapter in an attempted civilian⁵ coup led by Venezuela's opposition party and supported by the U.S.

So the question here is, have members of Venezuela's military, which have largely supported President Maduro, now join forces with the opposition protesters who want Maduro out of power. At the time we produced this show, we didn't have a clear answer on that. We'll keep you updated on what happens in the troubled South American nation.

1 upheaval   

n.胀起，(地壳)的隆起；剧变，动乱

参考例句：

• It was faced with the greatest social upheaval since World War Ⅱ.它面临第二次世界大战以来最大的社会动乱。
• The country has been thrown into an upheaval.这个国家已经陷入动乱之中。

2 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

3 escalation   

n.扩大，增加

参考例句：

• The threat of nuclear escalation remains. 核升级的威胁仍旧存在。 来自辞典例句
• Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。 来自辞典例句

4 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

5 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。