Maduro showed his worst face by burning the trucks with help. What is happening now?

The operation of introduction of humanitarian aid to Venezuela failed. The euphoria of the concert organized by Richard Branson has given way to disenchantment in less than 24 hours.

What many have imagined as the beginning of the last stage of the dictatorship led by Nicolás Maduro and until his fall has become an important point of questioning. Truck attempts to cross the border in several points with Colombia and Brazil were pushed back by the Chavismo with tear gas. Several vehicles for humanitarian aid were burned. A really dantesque scene in a country hungry. Maduro has shown his worst face, as said interim President, Juan Guaidó, who announced that about sixty members of the armed forces had deserted.

The images of the destruction of food and medicine demonstrate the savagery of a dictatorship that mocks its people.

Colombian President Iván Duque explained that food and medicines that could not enter were stored again, in the expectation of a more conducive opportunity for distribution. In addition, he said that the next steps will be decided after the Lima Group summit next Monday, during which the presence of US Vice President Mike Pence is expected. He concludes that, for the moment, the strategy of breaking the Maduro regime by introducing humanitarian aid is a suspended plan.

The 23F, which many have imagined as the liberation of Venezuela after twenty years of chavism, Nicolás Maduro showed that he had full control of the territory and that he kept control of the Bolivarian armed forces. It is clear that the defections in the last few hours have not been enough to tip the balance in favor of the opposition.

The measures that the opposition will take in Venezuela are unclear. You do not even know what the president in charge will do Guaidó. This would give the impression that it would not be desirable to return to Venezuela, but a president located outside the territory that he says govern would only show his weakness. In the event that he returns, he would most likely be arrested.

The other question in this crisis is what Donald Trump will do after the failure of 23F. It should not be forgotten that the humanitarian aid provided by the trucks burned by the Chavez collectives was loaded with goods from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID, for its acronym in English) . This is a direct challenge; it is no longer insulting in poorly spoken English as part of Maduro 's endless speech. However, It is not so easy for the United States to carry out direct military action and less in solitude, since Colombians and Brazilians have announced that they would not involve their armed forces in the Venezuelan crisis. .

The president in charge, Juan Guaidó, asked that all options remain open. It is clear that the steps to follow are now unknown, but the Guaidó phrase implicitly incorporates the military option. Maduro is jaqueado, weakened but presents an effective defense and showed that it could not be underestimated. In addition, he showed that he had no limit in the exercise of his power and that it would not be easy to get him out of Miraflores. The Venezuelan opposition must now recalculate its stages and articulate a new strategy with the allied countries of the region. Unknown people who could begin to clear up at the next summit of the Lima group.