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Venezuelan Opposition in Power Struggle After Maduro's Arrest

Following the arrest of Nicolás Maduro, power struggles between opposition factions have intensified in Venezuela. Dialogue-seeking factions are strengthening ties with the US, while María Corina Machado refuses to negotiate with chavismo. The new president, Delcy Rodríguez, is preparing for international contacts, while the release of political prisoners continues within the country.


Venezuelan Opposition in Power Struggle After Maduro's Arrest

Mexican Foreign Ministry sources informed LPO that the opposition, which favors dialogue and is opposed to María Corina Machado, took the opportunity to gain power and, in this way, to establish ties with Richard Grenell and Jorge Rodríguez. For years, the only thing that united the opposition was their rejection of the so-called Bolivarian Revolution. This Friday, a delegation from the United States arrived in Caracas, whose task will be to advance two events of paramount importance. As reported by LPO, the possible nominees for this office include the White House's special envoy, Richard Grenell, and the Cuban-origin hawk, Mauricio Claver-Carone. In the coming days, Venezuela's new president, Delcy Rodríguez, could travel to the United States. Another important point is a possible visit by the now-president, Delcy Rodríguez, to Washington. This Friday, chavismo advanced with the release of a group of political prisoners, a gesture demanded by the international community for years and which, in addition, revived tensions within the opposition. Now, with the arrest of Nicolás Maduro, both sectors clash again to gain positions in the country's future, which seems to be heading under a presidency led by the chavista Delcy Rodríguez. This time, the confrontation arose over the people who will be released in the coming hours. In this way, important Venezuelan leaderships clash again over the strategy to be adopted for the future and their relations with the Bolivarian Revolution. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan government is advancing in its international realignment. The same sources assured that while Corina Machado would have rejected sending a list of figures close to her political group, Juan Guaidó would have advanced with his own names - through his brother as an intermediary - just like Enrique Capriles. However, it is not confirmed and it will not be easy because she has arrest warrants from different countries and international organizations (including the United States) and frozen Venezuelan funds and dependencies. At the same time, a possible visit by María Corina Machado to the United States is also mentioned. Sources aware of the conversations between various parties told LPO that Washington requested a list of names from both María Corina Machado and dialogue sectors, such as Enrique Capriles or Juan Guaidó. BBVA expects a signal from Delcy Rodríguez to begin closing branches in Venezuela. The dispute would have grown because the Nobel laureate would have refused to participate in these negotiations, which generated a vacuum that dialogue sectors quickly tried to fill to participate in the new national scenario and try to shape, in this way, the future of the Caribbean country. In this scheme, the dialogue wing seems to have advanced with two key actors: the American Richard Grenell and the president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, Delcy Rodríguez's brother and one of those in charge of the recent process of releasing political prisoners. After the US intervention in Venezuela, the political landscape is constantly moving to shape the future of the crisis-ridden country. For this reason, it is not confirmed that she will meet with the American president. It is for this reason that the ties and influence that the different opposition sectors can achieve with the current administration will be vital for the future. According to various American officials, next week a Venezuelan delegation will travel to the United States and the new head of state could be part of it. Among them appear, José María Basoa; Andrés Martínes Adasme; Ernesto Gorbe; Miguel Moreno Da Peña; the renowned security and policy analyst Rocío San Miguel; Biaggio Pillieri; Enrique Márquez; Larry Osorio and Aracelis Del Carmen Balza Ramírez. However, Donald Trump belittled her in various statements after the capture of the Bolivarian leader, which diminished her work and influence for this process and the future of Venezuela. Many of them also have Spanish nationality, which marks an opening of the new Venezuelan administration to the international community, which participated through various mediations to achieve this. The dispute would have grown because the Nobel laureate would have refused to participate in these negotiations, which generated a vacuum that dialogue sectors quickly tried to fill to participate in the new national scenario. Despite the release of political prisoners being celebrated by the international community and especially by the United States, it generated new distances within the opposition. However, the political strategy and tactics are not the same. For their part, the dialogue sectors would take advantage of this window to try to recover the lost ground in recent years. Until this Friday, chavismo had released nine people. The first, the possible reopening of its embassy in the Caribbean country. The winner of the last Nobel Peace Prize was, until Maduro's fall, one of the closest figures to the Republican Party. According to these same sources, Machado would have refused to establish ties with chavismo by considering that its repressive and authoritarian structures remain intact.

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