Maduro Treats Guaidó With Kid Gloves (For Now)
Nicolás Maduro has been very careful about Juan Guaidó. One could imagine that his deepest desire is to arrest him, as he did with other opposition leaders. But in the odd dueling press conferences the two had today, Maduro referred to him only as the "lawmaker" even as he decried all the actions as a coup. And as far as I know, Guaidó has not been harassed since he was briefly detained two weeks ago. This despite the fact that he is going hard after Maduro on Twitter and elsewhere while offering amnesties to the military in the hope they will overthrow him. He rejected the idea of talks but said he would consider giving Maduro amnesty too(!).
On Twitter he avoids Gauidó entirely, referring only to the United States as the culprit (even a classic #YankeeGoHome hashtag). Even with regard to U.S. references, he hastens to talk about how much he likes the United States itself and wants to travel there.
He's nervous that if gives an order to take Guaidó, it won't be carried out and he can't be sure what direction the guns will point, especially after a recent revolt. He's also nervous that it would accelerate international condemnation, which is already hurting him economically. If it spreads to an oil embargo, he's in deep trouble.
4 comments:
Against the agresion to a sovereign country I wrote a song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFisUc5djGk
Russian must be giving Maduro very astute advise....look at the way they have handled the situations in Syria and Ukraine....do not bite at these provocations by the west....
I don't think it's fear that prompts Maduro to leave Guaido alone. I think it's name recognition. As in, Guaido is a nobody in Venezualan politics. Let him rant along out there with Emperor Norton, and dare him to throw lightning bolts, if he's got 'em in his back pockets.
The Chavista regime has always consistently tried to promote the image of civil spaces, and they don't exactly throw lots of people in jail as a first measure. Guaido's mentor, Leopoldo Lopez, got stuck in jail pretty much because he incited riots, and even then, he wasn't in jail for long. And Ledesma was in jail for only a hot second.
And since Guaido likes to do things like hold moments of silences for people who bombs institutional buildings as a priority--best to let him make his case to the people!
Post a Comment