On one hand, there is an understanding of a difficult moment, but on the other, it is immoral to recycle criminals who have usurped power and have killed and tortured citizens. Venezuela has a legitimate government that came to power in elections that chavismo stole. The United States must manifest itself in this regard. Chavismo has people throughout the administration who would defend their interests. Venezuela is full of drug traffickers, Islamic terrorists, and criminals protected by chavistas who would make life impossible for the new government. Chavismo continues to handle daily management, provincial governments, and, above all, the justice system. The danger is that this situation suits both sides. It makes the United States the most important player in the world of oil, as it decides who to sell to and who not to. They must be disarmed and expelled from the country, and Venezuela has a huge army full of chavistas who are very interested in maintaining influence and business. The issue is that the United States is not handling the necessary political cleanup: they are only concerned with oil and the release of some political prisoners demanded by the international community. Handing over Maduro cannot be the only concession that the mafia that subjected a country for years should make. When something suits both parties, it tends to last over time. Trump's gestures go in that direction. He lavishes praise on the criminal Delcy Rodríguez and treats María Corina Machado with courtesy and coldness. The point is that there are 8 million Venezuelans in exile, this government is accused of working with the narco, and its leaders have stolen a lot. Trump is a person with a huge ego, and having a government of another country managed by him must fill him with joy. Since they are not doing that, we all think they are comfortable with this situation. After the cinematic capture of Nicolás Maduro, everything suggested that the democratic opposition would have a prominent role in the transition. It suits the chavistas for nothing to change so they don't go to prison. These people cannot get away with it. However, the model that is working is that of the United States that gives orders and the chavistas obey, a country managed by remote control. This situation has an evident danger, which is that it is stretched over time. It suits the United States because it has access to Venezuelan oil, and it suits the chavistas because they remain in power and avoid the certain prison after many years of human rights violations and rampant corruption. One can understand that a new government would be weak and would suffer all kinds of sabotage. The campaign and triumph of Edmundo González and María Corina filled with joy and illusion all of us who defend freedom. Buenos Aires, January 18 (NA) - The situation in Venezuela has taken a bizarre, unthinkable turn just a few months ago. In this way, the current steps would be understood. He has all the villains at his command. At that moment, the regime deepened the repression. Politics must contemplate moral issues, in addition to pragmatism.
