Afraid to Touch Guaido, Maduro Plays Waiting Game in Caracas
- Demonstrations after Tuesday’s failed military uprising
- With ‘final phase,’ opposition leader says more is to come
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In the aftermath of a chaotic, and ultimately unsuccessful, uprising in Venezuela, few details about what exactly happened are clear.
But one key question at least has been answered: Nicolas Maduro, the autocrat clinging to power, has opted not to arrest his rival, Juan Guaido, allowing him for now to lead the opposition and keep trying to rally the people and the military to topple the regime.