Two-president country: What happens now to Venezuela?

Venezuela's political crisis returned to the general topic Wednesday after a series of world powers declared they were recognising opposition leader Juan Guaido as acting president of the South American country.

Venezuela's “Citizens have suffered for a long time at the hands of the illegal regime of Maduro”, Donald Trump said.

Shortly after that, Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Paraguay, and Costa Rica said they would follow the example of even though Mexico's leftist government said there would be no change in politics for the time being, and Bolivia's president, Evo Morale, attacked what he called the imperialist attack on South America's right to democracy and self - determination.

“Brazili will support the transition process politically and economically so that democracy and social peace can be returned to Venezuela”, Brazil's far-right President, Jair Bolsonaro, has written on Twitter.

While, a senior US administration official said the move meant that “Manduro and his friends” now needed to understand that they had no future and had no choice but to accept “a peaceful transition” and “a solution exit” from the country.

But as the dramatic news spread, writes The Guardian, there is Telegrafi, specialists about Venezuela said they were not sure what the immediate impact could be and how Maduro could react.

Eric Farnsworth, a former American diplomat and deputy head of the Americas, said that Guaido's move and fast recognition of Trump, which came on a day of mass protests in Venezuela, was “a clear item” that could prove turning points for the harsh regime of Maduro.

I don't think we can assume he's on the right track. But I think today is the most serious threat facing”, Farnsworth said.

However, there is also a danger-ridden moment for both the regime and the country.

“Manduro cannot accept this change he will have to react in some way”, Farnsworth predicted.

And Maduro didn't waste time to launch his attack.

From “the people's counterconion” of the presidential palace, he announced that the “exactly” diplomatic relations with the US and gave US diplomatic personnel 72 hours to leave the country.

“ > They aim to govern Venezuela from Washington. Do you want a doll government controlled by Washington?

Beyond breaking ties with the US, many expect Maduro to order the arrest of Guaido or other opposition leaders. Farnsworth said Maduro could also turn weapons towards crowds and try to scare everybody through the house”.

If this were to happen, the US and the international community would be forced to react.

The American official said there were “a host of options” if such a blow occurs: “Everything's on the table. All options: ”

According to the media, resolving oil sanctions in an effort to economically drown the Maduro regime would be the most likely step.

But David Smilde, a Venezuelan expert from Washington's office in the Latin America advocasia group, said the US actually had several options in case Maduro reacted with violence or political pressure.

However, media warn that increasing economic sanctions could exacerbate an already serious humanitarian emergency that the UN says has created the biggest migration crisis in Latin America's recent history.

Also stated further, a military intervention would potentially lead to mass destruction and great loss of life and could drag the US into a noisy and protracted process of occupation and reconstruction, also undesirable.

Smiled said: “Look at Somalia, look at Afghanistan, look at Iraq: all these cases should be short military action and they are actually ending up generating huge costs in life and infrastructure”

The American official said Trump hoped that Maduro and those around him would understand that there were no immediate future “and should seek a peaceful exit route that would see democracy restored in Venezuela.

“Let us remain optimistic and hope Maduro and his friends see the size of the message [from protests]”, he said.

Farnsworth, however, says he sees the riots ahead and warned of a possible destruction of civil authority and <x0conses on the ground”.

This will be a very important date that brings several days and weeks unstable and uncertain”, he predicts. “I have no doubt about this”.