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From Caracas

Caracas has been transformed into a scene of street protests for months. Saturdays are a fixed date when the two political forces in conflict in the country are photographed: Chavismo and the right. Saturday, April 6th was no exception under a blue Caribbean sky. The day was full of questions. The main one: what form would take what the opposition had called the beginning of "the operation of freedom".

The day, row to the right, was marked in particular by the statements of the American envoy to Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, who said Thursday that the option of military intervention in Venezuela was "premature" . The announcement had fallen with a demoralizing effect for the opposition social base sector which came to the conclusion that only a foreign military intervention, led by the United States, can overthrow Nicolás Maduro. As for the leaders who say that this is the only way, like María Corina Machado, they had to explain the bad times, carry the weight of the words spoken by Abrams who put an end to their interventionist will.

The responses to "the operation of freedom" came through what did not happen. The opposition organized demonstrations in several parts of the country, a centralized mobilization east of Caracas – the antipodes of the Miraflores Palace – where Juan Guaidó gave a speech accompanied by the leaders of other right-wing parties. deconcentration and final place.

Guaidó mentioned several points. First, the need to maintain and deepen the levels of organization in the so-called "orders of freedom". Secondly, to the words of Abrams: "Our allies told us that it was premature, they did not say it was impossible, but it is premature because, as we said responsibly, we have a plan to build capacity, are we going to wait or continue? " trumps on the streets of Venezuela? He then went on to discuss the roadmap for the next three days, where he will meet on Monday with public sector employees, and called for a new day of protest for Wednesday without specifying new terms. A "world meeting" would be held to show support and building international alliances.If "freedom operation" consisted of intensifying forms of confrontation, that was not the case. At least for the moment.

The chavismo went to the Miraflores Palace, where President Nicolás Maduro gave a speech focused on several axes. First, he explained all the forms of attacks that the electrical system would have received as part of the sabotage plan on the right. He called for deepening the popular organization, the need to build common responses to current difficulties and new sabotage to come: "Their bet was that people would not be able to withstand this war (…) family and community capacity of water accumulation to prepare in case we had to face a new situation of attack of the system of water supply and electricity (…) so to improve the people's organization, to unite in each community, to form gangs of peace in the neighborhoods, to become aware of the groups of mercenaries, the violent groups, to progress in the capacity to resist all the circumstances " .

At the end of his speech, he called for dialogue: "I call the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of Uruguay, Mr. Tabaré Vázquez, President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, the Caricom Prime Ministers and Presidents of the Caribbean, so that the initiative taken two months ago in Montevideo for the national dialogue be resumed.Venezuela asks for help, support for a great dialogue agreement between Venezuelans and Venezuelans, I ratify all my will for a way of dialogue, negotiation, agreement. "

The question of dialogue has been a point of Maduro's insistence since the beginning of this phase of the badault attempt marked by Guaidó's self-proclamation and his unconditional support of the United States. negative until now. Those within the opposition show the possibility of a dialogue, claim that an unchangeable condition is the release of Maduro.

Yesterday, we saw a new photograph of the unstable draw with greater strength of Chavismo. The right has not announced any actions likely to unbalance the current correlation, to pose a scenario that presents greater threats to the possibility of a coup d'etat. They have progressed thanks to the capacity of the United States. and not for his: in attacks on the economy, the latest of which was announced on Friday with Washington's decision to sanction two companies and 34 ships selling Venezuelan oil with Cuba. The illegality of these measures has not changed, impunity to apply them either.

Venezuela ends a new week of geopolitical and daily battles. On Wednesday, the United Nations Security Council convened by the United States will take place. to address the issue of Venezuela for the third time. The daily life of millions of people will continue to be marked by the monitoring of clashes, their direct or indirect participation, and the resolution of material needs, services, situation in which Caracas presents higher levels of stability.