![]() The plan called for the rebellion to take place on May 1 st or 2 nd and sources say that it was to begin with a statement by Maikel Moreno, the supreme court’s chief justice, calling for the need for a transition. Moreover, we also know that April 30 th was not the day originally planned for the uprising. The US must have made offers of some combination of money, immunity and safe-harbor in exchange for acquiring new partners in a plan designed to open opportunities for transitioning Venezuela to a new government. That’s why the administration seemed so annoyed that it had gone wrong. Indeed, the plan to subvert the regime from the inside clearly had US fingerprints. Until April 30 th, sanctions seemed to be the core of US administration’s efforts. We also discovered that the Trump administration was busy with more than just sanctions on key persons in the Maduro government. If there was any doubt that the regime’s internal structure was no longer monolithic, this proved it. While the attempted takeover was a failure, the day’s events revealed deep fissures within the Maduro government. In the words of the US State Department’s Special Representative to Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, all these high officials had “turned off their phone” by day’s end. US administration pronouncements identified several key Maduro officials by name, hinting that these officials in some way cooperated with the rebellion.īut as darkness settled over Caracas, all the high-level, presumed collaborators named by Washington– Defense Secretary Vladimir Padrino, the Supreme Court Chief Justice Maikel Moreno and the director of counterintelligence Ivan Hernandez Dala – had re-pledged their support to Maduro. Unusual, uncoordinated and contradictory statements from Washington added to the suspense. Next, Venezuela’s most important political prisoner, Leopoldo Lopez, was mysteriously released from house arrest and appeared next to Guaido at the military barracks. ![]() The drama began at dawn of April 30 th when interim president Juan Guaido called for an uprising on Labor Day from the La Carlota military base. Could people power win in Venezuela? Indeed, it looked like recent events could mark a major new inflection point in Venezuela’s crisis.īut did something really transcendental happen in Venezuela? By sunset on May 1 st, it became clear that neither the hoped-for mix of popular uprising nor the important defections of high-level government officials were going to occur. For a moment, the world held its collective breath. News from Caracas ricocheted around the globe last week.
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