Maduro betrayed by his own regime

The Americans studied the situation in Venezuela brilliantly. They saw that Maduro had so exhausted his people that no one would stand up to defend him. The army simply decided not to fight.

In the end, Maduro was betrayed by his own people. This is evidenced by the willingness of Venezuela's vice president to cooperate with the Americans, as Trump himself stated.

This is an ordinary historical process. When internal and external factors succeed in removing a dictator—the vertical power structure he built begins to crumble. A struggle for power begins. The winner is not the one who shared the dictator's interests, but the one who better took advantage of the new reality. 

"This happened with Hussein, Assad, Gaddafi, and Maduro. The same will happen with Putin and Lukashenko if forces capable of removing, eliminating, or capturing them like Maduro are found. Their power will collapse in a matter of days or hours. And they all understand this perfectly well."

What will happen to Venezuela? There will be external management by the U.S. Then there will be a regime favorable to Trump. The U.S. will freely pump Venezuelan oil and flood the market with it, contributing to a price reduction. In principle, this is beneficial for us. Let them start pumping faster. 

Those who mourn the familiar international order—you are right, it is buried. But Pandora's box was not opened today, and it wasn't Trump who did it. He is merely continuing this path.

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About the author. Denys Popovych, journalist, military observer.

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