NEW: Millions of Venezuelans have spent the last years on an emotional seesaw, pinning hopes for change on one leader after another, only to watch them fail. On Monday, many said recent events felt like a final, brutal crash.https://nyti.ms/2tzLiZb
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The Trump administration on Monday sought to cast the events in Caracas as a sign that Mr. Maduro’s power was waning.
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But at a time when the admin is already facing crises at home — an impeachment inquiry — and abroad — the repercussions of an attack that killed Iran’s most powerful general — Mr. Maduro’s actions suggest the gamble the U.S. took on Guaidó is looking increasingly like a failure.
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“It’s impossible to overstate what a huge blow all of this is to U.S. strategy in Venezuela,” said Geoff Ramsey, director of the Venezuela program at the Washington Office on Latin America.
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