Months after failing to oust Maduro, Guaido has few cards left to play — and not long to play them

Juan Guaido speaks during a conference in Caracas on June 26. His movement to oust Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro has sputtered in recent weeks, analysts say. (Ariana Cubillos/The Associated Press)

Juan Guaido is a Venezuelan politician, member of the Social Democratic Party of the Popular Party, and is a federal deputy of the National Assembly. Guaidó was appointed by the Partido de la Voluntad Popular to become the president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, after which he declared that he acted as president of Venezuela, challenging Nicolás Maduro, for the presidency and launching of the presidential crisis Venezuelan 2019.

It is well known that Guaido tried to overthrow the Maduro government, even though he was not successful and now months later, he only has few cards left on the table. It is said that he does not lack much to play them.

The opposition leader, who has already been mentioned as the interim president of Venezuela in January by opposition lawmakers along with Canada, the United States, and most Western countries, is still considered the legitimate leader of the country. Even so, Guaido does not have a real power to enact laws, take advantage of state resources or control the security forces and is that, in the palace of Miraflores, in the White House of Venezuela, Maduro remains in command.

Failed attempts and few opportunities

It should be noted that the army of the oil-rich country continues to support the incumbent amid an apparent loss of interest in Washington. An attempt by opposition lawmakers to expel Nicolás Maduro when the president of Venezuela has demonstrated in the midst of a corruption scandal, the lack of support from the powerful military of the oil-rich country and what appears to be a reduced interest from Washington.

Likewise, Guaido’s attempt to expel Maduro in a coup on April 30 failed, and he does not have many new cards to play for now.

Now, on Wednesday, Venezuelan authorities said they discovered another attempted assassination attempt against Maduro and other top officials, but despite a previous attack with drones and other movements, the government has withstood the storm so far. The country’s powerful army, which controls vast swathes of the economy, continues to support Maduro.

Meanwhile, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, would have lost interest in Venezuela, according to sources quoted by the Washington Post.

That being said, it has been said that Trump believed that overthrowing Maduro would be an easy victory for foreign policy and that he has practically stopped mentioning the country on Twitter or in speeches, as military tensions with Iran increase and battles intensify. commercial with China.

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Source: Chris Arsenault | CBC News