Reflections on the End of Venezuela鈥檚 Interim Government
In a new paper, former U.S. Ambassador to Colombia P. Michael McKinley examines the record of Juan Guaid贸 and Venezuela鈥檚 interim government. McKinley, who served as a senior adviser to the U.S. secretary of state when Venezuelan lawmakers appointed Guaid贸 interim president, writes that the interim government was constitutional and attracted unprecedented international recognition, though it ultimately failed to dislodge Nicol谩s Maduro. That outcome, he writes, had less to do with the limitations of the opposition or U.S. policy choices than the capacity of an authoritarian regime to withstand domestic and international pressure.
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