Yeah I think that's what Machado said or hoped. Going by Trumps press conference she's got no chance anyway. Machado won't be amused.
She called for Urrutia to be installed didnt she? I think they, and a lot of Venezuelans are being niaive, Trump will absolutely utilise Maduros henchmen like Rodriguez if they are willing to play ball. Theyll make a lot of noise about releasing Maduro, and defending Venezuela, but they will absolutely bow to Trump, there is no other option.
Feels to me like the USA are playing global chess, i think everyone agrees China and Russia could not be allowed to rack up Venezuelan debt any further, before taking over the largest oil reserves in the world (not to mention geopolitical influence in the Americas).
The Taiwan issue is untenable for Trump, Chinas move is inevitible, and Trumps response will always be bad to it, so i think hes sacrificed it like a pawn.
The Venezuelan people are cheering for freedom, that wont come, what will come is massive investment in faltering Venezuelan infrastructure, from the US, which will essentially replace 2 parsitic investors for 1 bigger one.
