The U.S. Has Renewed Its Support for Venezuela's Opposition. What Does It Mean?
The U.S. Has Renewed Its Support for Venezuela's Opposition. What Does It Mean?
"The U.S. is becoming anxious that the window of opportunity is closing in," said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to PRI about Venezuelan opposition efforts against Nicolás Maduro's regime.
A year after the United States attempted to deliver truckloads of aid to relieve the humanitarian situation in Venezuela, prompting warnings of the politicization of aid, Washington is renewing its support to the country’s embattled opposition.
But after an attempted uprising in April by members of the military who backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó and violent clampdowns and arrests of his supporters by government and paramilitary forces, disputed President Nicolás Maduro shows little sign of stepping aside.
President Donald Trump welcomed Guaidó at the State of the Union speech Tuesday, while other members of Venezuela’s National Assembly lobbied at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva with the support of Washington...
Nonetheless, there may be a realization in Washington that time has allowed Maduro to consolidate his regime, at the expense of the opposition.
“The U.S. is becoming anxious that the window of opportunity is closing in. The additional time does not work in favor of Guaidó. With additional time, Guaidó appears to not be able to force an endgame,” explained Eric Farnsworth, a former State Department official and vice president of the Council of the Americas...
