Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced a “day of dialogue” to be held over the weekend, in an effort to fix some of the mistakes his government has made “since the Revolution.”

Addressing a crowd in Caracas during the International Labor Day celebrations, the president accused the US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido of trying to trigger a civil war in Venezuela.

Pdte. @NicolasMaduro: Convoco para el próximo sábado 4 y domingo 5 de mayo a una gran jornada nacional de diálogo, de acción y propuesta del poder popular. Quiero asumir un plan para cambiar todo y rectificar errores en medio de la batalla.#TrabajadoresPorLaPatriapic.twitter.com/WDQZKFAx0h — PSUV (@PartidoPSUV) May 1, 2019

"The Venezuelan coup leaders not only deceived themselves, but also deceived US imperialists, saying that I was going to leave the country," Maduro said, referring to statements from Washington that he was about to flee to Cuba.

"What would have happened if we had confronted those coup plotters? A massacre among Venezuelans, we would have killed ourselves and in Washington they would have celebrated," he said.

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If Guaido, the self-proclaimed "interim president," really wants to reach the Miraflores Palace, all he has to do is win an election, Maduro said.

He called on his supporters to make proposals to "rectify mistakes" that have been made by the government, and to address the US-imposed sanctions.

"We are going to a great day of change, of rectification, of revolutionary renewal. I am counting on you!" Maduro told the crowd.

#EnVivo 📹 | “Vamos a una gran jornada de cambio, de rectificación, de renovación revolucionaria ¡Cuento con ustedes!”, instruyó el dignatario @NicolasMaduro al Poder Popular, al Polo Patriótico y a los gobernadores y alcaldes del país #TrabajadoresPorLaPatriapic.twitter.com/eSek2WP3ng — Prensa Presidencial (@PresidencialVen) May 1, 2019

The way to settle differences is "constitutionality and respect," Maduro argued. It was unclear whether his offer of dialogue extended to Guaido and the coup-plotters, however, as the president said he would "name the traitors" in the coming days.

During the speech, Maduro also appealed to the people of Venezuela not to allow the "fracturing" of the revolutionary ideology and the "just cause" he is defending.

"I will never betray the people of Venezuela, I will never surrender to imperialism," he said.

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At the same time, Guaido announced there would be a strike by public sector employees beginning on Thursday as a continuation of what he calls “the final phase of the operation ‘Liberation.’” Glossing over his failure to convince the military to defect on Tuesday, Guaido tweeted, “Public servants will join. We will support them in increasing strikes which will begin tomorrow and will continue until a general strike takes place.”

“You should have power in order to call a strike,” National Constituent Assembly leader Diosdado Cabello remarked.

Scattered demonstrations and clashes between opposition supporters and police continued around Caracas on Wednesday, but with far less intensity than Tuesday's abortive coup.

Guaido had urged the military to seize power and his supporters took to the streets to clash with police, but his "Operation Liberty" fizzled within a few hours, with Guaido's mentor Leopoldo Lopez requesting asylum in the embassy of Chile, and about two dozen members of the Venezuelan military that backed the opposition fleeing to the embassy of Brazil.

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