The U.S. and other nations seem resigned to the fact that removing the Venezuelan president will not be quick or easy.
After a weekend of high drama but few results at Venezuela’s border, the United States and other nations appeared resigned Monday to the fact that forcing President Nicolás Maduro from power will be neither quick nor easy., addressing a group of Latin American leaders in Bogota, Colombia, repeated the Trump administration’s assurance that “all options” are on the table but offered up only minor new U.S. sanctions.
Pence acknowledged to reporters Monday that Guaidó sought assurances that the United States could use force if necessary. “I reassured him” that force remains an option, Pence said, “but we hope for better. We hope for a peaceful transition.” Amid the post-weekend letdown, it seemed clear that the opposition had become a victim of its own hype, claiming that a humanitarian “D-Day” — with aid-laden trucks and thousands of cheering supporters coming face to face with Venezuelan security forces across the Colombian border — would burst the dams of Venezuelan military frustration and bring about a massive rupture between the armed forces and Maduro.
“We have information of serious and credible threats to the life and personal integrity of Juan Guaidó and his family, and his wife’s family,” Holmes said. “From Bogota, we want to make the usurper Maduro responsible for any violent action against Guaidó and his family members. It would be not only another crime but would also lead to an international situation that would force the whole Lima Group to use all the legal and political mechanisms available to it.
Pedro Burelli, a Washington-based opposition activist and former founding director of PDVSA, Venezuela’s national oil company, agreed. “I think this was to be expected,” he said of the weekend’s events. “Anybody who thought this would work was fooling themselves.”
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