Once Considered By Many As The De Facto President Of Venezuela, Opposition Leader Juan Guaido Flees To The U.S.

 

Zero Hedge: Juan Guaido, Once Seen By 50 Countries As Venezuelan "President", Lands In US Seeking Refuge 

Starting last November the Biden administration began easing oil sanctions on Venezuela and restarted negotiations with the government of President Nicolás Maduro, also as part of mediation efforts to establish peace with the US-backed opposition. 

The US had also been scrambling to free up oil and energy resources amid the Ukraine war and sanctions efforts against Russia. This was against the backdrop of the Venezuela regime change efforts of the prior Trump years, when opposition leader Juan Guaido had for years been dubbed by Washington as 'Interim President'. 

But "president" Guaido had no power whatsoever at any time within the socialist country, but still Washington got many dozens of its allies onboard the political fiction. At one point the American government boasted that 50 countries officially supported Guaido as leader.  

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Update #1: Venezuela's Guaido in Miami after 'expulsion' from Colombia (DW)  

Update #2: Guaidó, former Venezuelan opposition leader, lands in U.S. for 'refuge' (Washington Post)  

WNU Editor: The optics on how this happen look bad. That is why I am not surprised that the U.S. State Department is rushing to make a public announcement that they did not not abandoned Guaido .... US aided Venezuelan opposition leader’s secret flight to Florida (The Hill).