Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaido, who the US backed in a failed coup attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, landed in Miami on Monday night and is seeking “refuge” in the US, The Washington Post reported.
The US recognized Guaido as the “interim president” in 2019, the same year of the attempted coup. The Trump administration’s backing of Guaido and imposition of crippling sanctions on Venezuela were part of a failed regime change effort.
Over the years, Guaido lost what little support he had. The US-backed Venezuelan opposition recently removed him as interim president and dissolved the interim government, which never had power besides the ability to access some of Venezuela’s offshore assets and foreign embassies.
Guaido flew to the US after entering Colombia, where Colombian President Gustavo Petro is hosting an international conference on Venezuela that includes diplomats from 20 countries. Guaido made it to the capital Bogota and claimed he was expelled from Colombia.
“The persecution of the dictatorship, unfortunately, spread to Colombia today,” Guaido said in a video recorded on the plane. But Colombian officials, including Petro, denied that Guaido was expelled. “Mr. Guaido was not expelled and it is better that this lie does not appear in politics,” Petro wrote on Twitter.
Colombian authorities said Guaido entered Colombia “irregularly” and escorted him to the airport for a flight to the US, where Guaido’s mother and brother live. The State Department said American diplomats in Colombia helped bring Guaido to the US.
Guaido later told AP that he is not seeking political asylum in the US and is considering running in Venezuela’s presidential primary that will be held in October.
The Biden administration has kept Venezuela under crippling economic sanctions and has only issued a limited license to Chevron, allowing the company to resume pumping oil in Venezuela.
An envoy for Venezuela’s opposition recently called on the US to lift sanctions on Venezuela. The position is a significant departure from Guaido, who favored sanctions and foreign military intervention to put him in power in Caracas.
Guaido is a Clown 🤡
Just tells what kind of people are in OUR government, they keep bad company.
Guaido would do well to read up on what happens to US assets when they don’t deliver the goods or simply know too much.
I thought Guaido bought himself a mansion with the millions US confiscated from Venezuela government?
The US works to destroy Venezuelan democracy because Hugo Chávez was a genius who invented an evolved democracy superior to the now obviously failed US model. Hugo’s invention is a six facet government that includes a virtually fool-proof ballot and a permanent constituent assembly that is called into action by nationally existential need.
One evening with nothing to do, I decided to create a structural layout of the President Chávez invention and use my corporate analyst skills from younger years; I was surprised to see a six faceted government structure resembling a flower instead of a hierarchical pyramid. Closer analysis of Hugo’s design revealed a need for an additional facet; I added #1 to the system layout and believe Hugo Chávez would have liked it. One may view the modern seven facet government presented in several languages at a website I have reserved for future people https://www.constituentassembly.org/
We have become the garbage can for failed foreign politicians. Recently there was one from Brazil.
LOL who would have thought it
“Expelled” ?
The dude was not invited so he was told to get lost.
Did he really believe he could just waltz in there and take a seat?
Even his “government” has been dissolved (by themselves, likely on orders) so where does he get off believing he was entitled to attend and they had to let him?
Trump really picks some winners….that turn out to be weirdos.
He needed to get out of Venezuela. But instead of just leaving eith the tail between his legs, he was advised to create good optics. Poor democratic Guaido just attending a conference — and not welcome! It is time to start spitting on Colombia’s new government. Just added bonus.
He needs to retire to his skim. I’m sure he has a nice bank account somewhere.
Thst eill not happen. He is an asset. And situation has just gotten worse with changes in Colombia. US will continue relationships with the old guard elites of both countries, in effort to alter political power structures,.
The fake-government -in-exile fired the guy prior to this.
He really is just a clown that even we don’t want.
It was not a “government in exile.” It was the National Assembly appointing an interim president after deeming the re-election of Nicolas Maduro invalid.
We all knew this would happen, sooner or later. I wonder how much cash he took with him.
F*ck the guy. The puppet flees. Love it.
A regime change puppet hides out in the US, in slight hopes that somehow, someday, another attempt can be made. Much like son-of-the-Shah. On hold.
Guaido should just go directly to Mar-A-Lago and apply for a job
Guaido should just go directly to Mar-A-Lago and apply for a job
They created an interim government, which never had power but had the ability to access some of Venezuela’s offshore assets and foreign embassies. The thieves supported by Trump. Unreal!
No problem. We have plenty of money to take care of failed regime changers. He will get instantaneous, custom tailored job in an NGO front promoting democracy in Venezuela . NGO — protecting the rights of poor, disenfranchised fat cat elite in Venezuela deprived of their birth right to plunder the country God gave them to enjoy.
Their only problem is — natives woke up. And got IDs and can vote now. Democracy in the hands of deplorables is endangering “our democracy!” This is always a dilemma — whose democracy is it anyway?
American officials really hang around with trashy people, anyone if they hand the US their country, so much like the clown in Ukraine. The Americans fell deep, the company they keep tells it all.
What happened to all his generals? Mustache Bolton should host him in his house.
Just like the South Vietnamese Afghans and the Kurds…used then dumped like a dog turd on a shoe.