No question that Juan Guaido is a CIA asset and some neoliberal plot to plunder Venezuela's oil reserves.
But the way Maduro basically declared a new legislative branch and stacked both it and the supreme court full of loyalists is shitty too. Was it primarily a measure to stave off a coup attempt? Just rings a little "undemocratic". Am I reading into the history incorrectly?
What choice is there? You allow reactionaries to maintain their power and the US will use them as a lever to pry open your country and exploit the resources and labor - as has been done for centuries in Latin America.
I’d argue Maduro didn’t try to consolidate power until it was far too late, Chavez made a similar mistake with regard to pushing towards socialism (not enough), and the west, corporations, and bourgeoisie exploited those cracks like the roaches they are
I agree with that. But then why bother having elections in the first place?