Juan Guaidó, president of Venezuela's National Assembly, in Caracas on Saturday. After a dramatic week that saw a clandestine plan to oust President Nicolás Maduro fall apart on Tuesday, Guaidó conceded that the opposition had miscalculated its support within the military. (Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg News)Yet after Tuesday’s failed uprising, Guaidó may now be fighting a two-front battle: both to oust Maduro and keep the opposition united. [Maduro vs Guaidó: Venezuela’s dueling diplomatic corps]What actually persuaded Maduro’s inner circle to close ranks instead remains a mystery. But by Saturday, a march called by Guaidó to military installations largely fizzled, drawing nowhere near the crowds of previous protests.

Source: Washington Post May 04, 2019 21:01 UTC