While I think the U.S. government gave the go-ahead on it (as they immediately declared support for Guiado), I generally believe that their end of the bargain, which was shipping weapons in, was stymied by Venezuela refusing aid. There are a lot of guns already in Venezuela, it is a heavily armed country, but my guess is that they were trying to get the more explosive ordinance in.
It's one of those things that doesn't work because Venezuela has already seen most of the tricks in your book, so they aren't fooled anymore.
While I think the U.S. government gave the go-ahead on it (as they immediately declared support for Guiado), I generally believe that their end of the bargain, which was shipping weapons in, was stymied by Venezuela refusing aid. There are a lot of guns already in Venezuela, it is a heavily armed country, but my guess is that they were trying to get the more explosive ordinance in.
It's one of those things that doesn't work because Venezuela has already seen most of the tricks in your book, so they aren't fooled anymore.