Colombia โOffers Support for Maduro‘s Exit, Warns of Humanitarian Crisis from Intervention
BOGOTร, Colombia – Colombia’s Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo โคVillavicencio stated his โคgovernment wouldโข supportโค a plan for Nicolรกs Maduroโ to leave power in Venezuela,โข signaling a potential shift in regional approaches to โฃthe ongoing political crisis.โค The offer comes amid heightened tensions, including recent military maneuvers โby Trinidad and tobago that have drawn โconcern from Venezuela, and warnings โคfrom Maduro against potential U.S.military intervention.
The Colombian government believes a negotiated transition, driven by the โVenezuelan โขopposition, is the most viable path forward, avoiding aโ perhaps devastating humanitarian crisis that could result from external intervention. “Anโ intervention could โคgenerate a humanitarian crisis that would be very โคdifficult to address,” Villavicencio said,โ emphasizing the need for a political solutionโ supported byโค Venezuelan factions, including Nobel Peace Prizeโ laureate Marรญa Corina machado.
The move reflects a delicate balance as international pressure mounts on theโฃ Maduro regime. While some sectorsโ have called for stronger action, โขincludingโ military โฃintervention, the U.S. Army has stated โขit is prepared for operations in Venezuelaโ “if asked.” โMaduro himself warned that a military attack by the united states would be his “political end.”
Machado, who recently released a “Manifesto of โขFreedom” assertingโฃ the imminent end of theโฃ Chavista regime,โ has called for free elections and accountability for โMaduro. “Venezuela will only fullyโ rise when those who committed crimes against humanity are judged by law and by history,” she stated, ahead of her Nobel Prize acceptance ceremony in Osloโค on December โ10.โ It remains unclear whether Machado will support Colombia’s proposed transition plan, given her emphasis on legal accountability for the current government.
