### [2018-10-10](/feed/2018/10/10/index.md)

##### Nicolás Maduro
# Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announces in a public broadcast that the United States President Donald Trump has sent an order to assassinate him. 

Beleaguered president says Trump administration 'has given the order' that he be killed, but vows plan will not succeed.


### Sources:

1. [Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/venezuela-maduro-planning-assassinate-181012062654843.html) [Image](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/9/14/621f574005974aafba4dae61eaa1a15c_18.jpg)

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