They were just completely out of their depth - amateurish, spoiled brats of the elites,' he told the Daily Mail. But he didn't have the muscle or the brains,' said one Caracas-based political analyst, speaking to the Daily Mail by phone. 'He's not a smart guy - I don't have to tell you that because everybody knows it,' one academic told the Daily Mail. In 2019, as opposition leader Juan Guaido tried to oust Maduro, Cabello was rumored in Venezuelan media to have packed his kids off to Beijing for safe-keeping. 'Everybody in the government has a plan to escape,' the Caracas-based analyst told the Daily Mail.

Source: The Star January 14, 2026 19:22 UTC