Guaidó acknowledged that the opposition plan to overthrow Maduro had not worked

The president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, has acknowledged the mistakes made this week while waiting for more soldiers to support the so-called Libertad operation, with which he hopes to obtain the "final cessation" of "l & # 39; 39 "usurpation" of Nicolás Maduro's regime.

In an interview with The Washington Post, Guaidó admitted that he hoped that when a wave of defections would occur within the military, Maduro would resign. However, Guaidó's appeal to the military to "join the process of change" has not produced mbadive defections.

"Maybe we need more soldiers or maybe we need more senior regime officials willing to subscribe to the Constitution," he said at the time. 39, an interview.

When asked what he would do if National Security Adviser, John Bolton, offered to intervene in Venezuela, Guaidó responded that he would answer the following: " Dear friend, John Bolton, thank you for all of you to help bring this cause, thank you for this option, we will evaluate it and we will probably hold it in Parliament to resolve this crisis, and if necessary, we can approve it. "

In this sense, Guaidó evoked a possible military intervention of the United States in Venezuela, within the framework of the last escalation of tension in the Caribbean country. "We are evaluating all options, it is good to know that important allies like the United States are also evaluating these options, which ensures that if we need cooperation, we know we can find it."

"Sitting with Maduro is not an option," he said after being questioned about the option of a bargaining table between the two parties. "That happened in 2014, in 2016 and in 2017 … The end of the usurpation is a precondition for any possible dialogue," he added. He also felt that Maduro had not ordered his arrest because he "was scared".

The Venezuelan crisis worsened on January 10, when Maduro began a second term that neither the opposition nor a large part of the international community recognizes because they consider the presidential elections of May 20 as fraud. On the 23rd of the same month, the president of the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, proclaimed himself "president in charge" of Venezuela.

Guaidó announced on April 30, at the same time as Leopoldo López, the beginning of "Operation Libertad" aimed at overthrowing Maduro, claiming that they enjoyed the support of an "important group" of military . The Venezuelan president, for his part, describes the events as a "coup d'etat" and claims that he has been defeated.