president Trump A historic trip to Venezuela took place, which would be the first visit by a representative of the United States to the country in three decades. But make this journey before the Venezuelan dictatorship has to revert to a hostile leader Maria Corina Machado that would be a terrible mistake.
Trump’s visit would legitimize the totalitarian regime, y there would be a reward for repression.
Trump announced this to the press on February 13, more than a month after the capture of the ex-dictator Nicolás Madurowho “choose to visit Venezuela”. I don’t know the exact date, but I’m saying the president is busy, Delcy Rodriguezyou are doing a “very good, excellent job”.
La Casa Blanca says it cannot call elections because of the threat of chaos and violence.
In this context, a gradual process is underway that will lead to sustainable security and economic stability and lead to free elections in an undefined period.
But there are good reasons to fear that Trump would not take Machado’s advice on his trip to Caracas—I’ll be counting on him—and that Rodríguez’s regime is only looking for Fortalecers with new oil contracts and friendly photos of the President of the United States.
Interim President of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez supports the text of the amnesty law
Rodriguez knows that Trump, who turns 80 in June, could quickly become a politically weak president if he wins November’s general election. It is possible that the Venezuelan president was merely bargaining for time while Trump ends his term.
Fears of a post-Maduro dictatorship surrounding the rise of power have risen in recent days, when the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, the largest in the United States military, was believed to be off the coast of Venezuela.
The aircraft carrier was a trump card in the naval blockade of Venezuela’s oil industry, which forced the regime to give in to some of Washington’s demands.
Without such a massive military presence off the coast of Venezuela, Will we continue to believe Trump’s military actions? It will probably be much less.
Trump’s national security adviser, John Boltonyou predicted it to me a month ago. Bolton told me that once the aircraft carrier leaves, “our ability to maintain pressure on Venezuela to maintain the blockade will be reduced.”
What is certain is that the Venezuelan regime has freed more than 300 political leaders during Trump’s presidency. However, the human rights group Criminal Court reported on February 16 that more than 600 political prisoners remain behind bars. And many of the released prisoners were under house arrest.
In light of Trump’s praise for Rodríguez, Venezuela did not abandon its political state.
Elliot AbramsTrump’s special envoy for Venezuela and Iran, I said to myself that “it would be a big mistake for Trump to be in Venezuela before Machado could return and before all the political prisoners were freed.”
I agreed that such a path would “strengthen the regime because these concessions and advances represent a transition to democracy.”
Asked if Trump would actually go to Venezuela, Abrams said, “I say I want to go there and I don’t have any conditions for that trip. So I think we all have to fear that he will go.”
In an ideal world, in 2024, Trump would advise on a trip to Machado and an opponent, Edmundo González Urrutia.
But don’t worry about this story: Trump is about to ask for the show’s only star. I will not ask to share the spotlight with Machado, the most popular political figure in Venezuela.
You are also clear that Trump’s top priorities in Venezuela are stability and increasing Venezuelan oil exports to the United States, not democracy. Adopting Machado’s advice could divert attention to democracy and improve stability and lucrative oil profits.
Trump is looking to Venezuela for a winning photo ahead of November’s midterm elections in the United States, which are coming after or as a a thing that is caused or produced by something else of.
But we travel to Caracas before Machado’s return, Venezuelans will be quedarán with peor from both worlds: hundreds of thousands deported from the United States and consolidated rule in their country.
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