President Nicolas Maduro has accused the former Prime Minister of Spain, Felipe Gonzalez, of supporting right-wing forces seeking to stage a coup against his administration. Just a few days before Gonzales had announced his decision to participate in the the legal defense of jailed opposition leaders Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan petition drive has made impressive advances toward its goal of 10 million signatures urging the repeal of President Barack Obama's decree naming Venezuela as a national security threat to the United States. As of Tuesday night, over three million people had signed. teleSUR