By: Alek Boyd
Source: INFODIO
Juan Guaidó
Don’t count me among those who see Juan Guaidó as the messiah who will free Venezuela from the chavista plague. I have said repeatedly that the problems of Venezuela cannot be solved by one person, a leader, or a strongman. I don’t believe in anointed ones, and even less in politicians who only rely on their buddies when making appointments that affect the entire Venezuelan population.
The first alarm was Gustavo Baquero and his alleged appointment as President of PDVSA. Then came the appointments of Ignacio Hernandez and Isadora Zubillaga. I won’t even comment on Carlos Vecchio’s diplomatic credentials or David Smolansky’s experience in the energy sector as a board member of CITGO.
Following this, a small law firm in Spain, Cremades Calvo Sotelo, was appointed. Why this particular firm and not another? Why not hold an international bidding process, as should be done, so that the best firms in the world can offer their services? Is it because Juan Carlos Gutiérrez, Leopoldo Lopez’s lawyer, works and is a partner at that firm? How is Guaidó’s or Lopez’s finger-pointing any different from Rafael Ramirez’s or Nicolás Maduro’s?
Regarding the interim administration, which has yet to solidify, I have criticized the amnesty proposal, the embraces given to Luisa Ortega Diaz, the presence of the wives of boliburgueses at high-level meetings discussing our future, and the nepotism of placing friends, secretaries, lawyers, and individuals who contribute little to solving Venezuela’s societal problems in significant positions.
In other words, the opposition is represented by members of the #VamosBien clan, which is as new as Julio Borges, Manuel Rosales, and Henry Ramos Allup; as new as the Barboza clan, or Acción Democrática; as new as corruption and nepotism in Venezuela.
Juan Guaidó is 35 years old. To think that someone at 35 can resolve a problem like chavista Venezuela is, for me at least, like believing in God. As I’m into questioning corruption, my inquiries are received within the #VamosBien clan with the same attitude as they are received in the boliburguesía and chavismo. Questioning is an insult. Asking a intolerable affront. Here’s an example:
It is expected that the same opposition that has been unable to stop chavismo from turning Venezuela into a haven for the worst scum on the planet, from Colombian narcoterrorists to Russian thugs, will restore democracy, the rule of law, and peace. It’s like that saying that doing the same actions and expecting different results is the true definition of insanity.
The difference now is that this opposition has support from over 50 countries, mainly from the U.S. This support, it’s important to highlight, was not achieved by Guaidó or any alleged plan hatched in complete secrecy for years by Leopoldo Lopez, Antonio Ledezma, and Maria Corina Machado. This support is simply the result of a humanitarian crisis created by chavismo, the boliburguesía, and that same oppositional class, which has overflowed borders and spreads like cancer across the region. It is the resolution of that crisis, not the Venezuelan political problem, that the countries supporting the transition are pursuing.
It’s madness to think that those who pushed the country into this abyss will resolve the problem. In the same way, it is irrational to expect that the current situation will be resolved by people who are foreign to Venezuela, and since they don’t know the story, such as those in charge of Venezuela-related matters in those 50-some countries, they don’t know who is who in this soap opera. We see, for example, how Andres Coles, his boss David Osío, Francisco Rodríguez, and Victor Sierra, along with many others of similar ilk, are presented as interlocutors engaged in “promoting change” in the country they themselves have destroyed.
This platform will continue to expose corruption, nepotism, hidden interests, and the irresponsibility of the political, professional, and business leadership in Venezuela. There is no good corruption, nor sacred cows. Not in this place.
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