Opinion: Caught between Washington and Moscow, Venezuelans can’t see the end to this crisis
A supporter of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó during clashes with the security forces outside the military base of La Carlota in Caracas on April 30. By Francisco Toro Francisco Toro Email Bio May 1 at 1:34 PM Venezuela was convulsed on Tuesday by a … well, it’s not exactly clear what to call it.
What we know for sure is that military defections against the regime appear not to have materialized. Two dozen or so soldiers who had apparently participated in the uprising in the morning were seeking asylum at foreign embassies by nightfall. We know that Venezuela, the country that plays host to the world’s biggest oil reserves, checks more and more boxes for “failed state” designation every day.
On Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on CNN that Maduro had been ready to flee the country until Russia persuaded him otherwise. Whether that story is true, it points to a deeper truth: The outcome of the Venezuela crisis has more and more to do with what happens in Washington and Moscow, and less and less to do with what happens in Caracas.
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