Trump in Venezuela is learning that regime change is hard

Published February 26, 2019 3:47am ET



Saturday was supposed to be a turning point in Venezuela. U.S.-backed interim president Juan Guaido was supposed to heroically usher aid into his country as the military abandoned their posts and joined the opposition. Ideally, Maduro would have stepped down, new elections would have been called and Vice President Mike Pence would have been congratulating Guaido during his speech in Colombia on Monday.

None of that happened. Instead, most of the aid remained stuck outside of Venezuela. One truck did make it through and a few border guards defected, but other than that, the military held its ground and enforced Maduro’s blockade, resulting in a stand-off that left four dead and hundreds wounded.

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