Just Say No to Negotiations With Maduro
The only thing worth discussing with Venezuela’s corrupt leader is how and when he leaves office.
How much room is there for compromise?
Photographer: Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg
As the crisis in Venezuela enters its third week, many well-intentioned observers are seeking a middle way. To prevent civil war, they say, the opposition and the dictator should compromise.
Mexico and Uruguay have offered to mediate the conflict between strongman Nicolas Maduro and Juan Guaido, whom most of the Western Hemisphere regards as Venezuela’s president. Greece has also said it supports negotiations. Two well-respected economists identified as “experts in Latin America” are recommending an interim government that includes the loyalists and the opposition. Even Maduro himself has said he would sit down with Guaido and accept new elections for the National Assembly.