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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
As it stands there are no US troops in Venezuela, they have no plan at all
Meanwhile Maduro has substantial support in the country, that's how dictators stay in power, they have a well armed committed block of support who will coalesce around his ideological successor, it seems unlikely anything has changed other than the arrest
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How much support he has or had is really unknown. In dictatorships like Venezuela, support is mandatory. You don't support, you don't eat. Like literally, the government owns the food supply and controls distribution.
In the last election, Maduro claimed roughly 50% of the popular vote, the opposition results showed it was more like 30%. I am inclined to think that the real number is closer to 30%, but certainly under 50% at least.
I guess in a country with with almost 30 million people, that is still a lot of people. It might just come down to who has more guns and money.