Padrino, in a series of Twitter posts, said all military units across the country had reported “normality” in their barracks and military bases.

Earlier, its opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Tuesday he had began the “final phase” of his plan to oust President Nicolas Maduro, calling on Venezuelans and the military to back him to end Maduro’s “usurpation.”

Guaido, in a video posted on his Twitter account, was speaking in the company of men in military uniform and opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez, who is under house arrest.

He said he was at the Caracas air base La Carlota. “The national armed forces have taken the correct decision, and they count on the support of the Venezuelan people,” Guaido said.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump is monitoring the situation in Venezuela, where Guaido called for the military uprising.

“The president has been briefed and we are monitoring the ongoing situation,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in an email.