In late April, Juan Guaido launched an attempted coup in Venezuela, one
which the US figured would be an easy success to sweep him into power
after months of insisting he was the legitimate ruler. As July starts,
Guaido seems no closer to power than ever.
New reports suggest that some Venezuelans, even those who supported Guaido, are growing impatient with the whole regime change idea, and his support is starting to dry up as it becomes increasingly apparent that Maduro will retain power.
The US-backed coup idea didn’t work, and that was effectively the only
real plan they had. Unilaterally declaring regime change was clearly
never going to work, and since Guaido wasn’t even running for president
in the last election, failing to get the military to overturn the vote
was really his last major shot.
The Venezuelan public is catching up to something President Trump
apparently figured out awhile ago, as indications are that he was
already getting bored of the Venezuela issue because of the lack of progress.
What is Guaido doing with Venezuela’s money that we stole from Maduro’s govt?
This was a failure from the get go, I’m glad it failed but whoever was handling this operation needs to be demoted to rolling the CIA’s recycling cans out to the curb every Monday and Thursday.
Trump got bored because he craves stuff he can Tweet about. The Emergency at the Southern Border which none of the failed Dem candidates care about!!! Not much you can Tweet about a failed coup with very little local support for an obvious American stooge.
Nobody, of course, has any MORAL reason to want to avoid an overthrow of another government the USA has decided to get rid of. How dare any nation in Latin America vote in a government to help the people who are not already rich and in charge?
Don’t underestimate the evil that Elliot Abrams would do, nor his ability to scheme really nasty things. This is his project, inside the Admin, not just Bolton.