The Maduro dictatorship has admitted it has been negotiating with the United States for several months. The U.S. wants free elections while Maduro wants immunity for himself and everyone who works for him. The U.S. supports Juan Guaidó, the last legally elected Venezuelan official who qualifies as the legitimate leaderof Venezuela. But Maduro controls the security forces, thanks to a secret police force trained and reinforced with Cuban security specialists. The Cubans are experts at monitoring the loyalty of the army and police. This is one achievement of Russian communism; a police state operation that relies on informants and reliable secret police monitoring army units, down to the company level, at all times. Telephones and other communications of senior officers are constantly monitored. Any indication of disloyalty leads to arrest and horrific torture. The effects of that torture is not hidden. In one recent example a senior officer who had undergone it was allowed to appear in a public court hearing. He was in a wheel chair and showed visible signs of physical torture. He was heard pleading for help from his lawyer, but the officer died the next day. He was meant to demonstrate to all others in the armed forces, and Venezuela, what they were up against.
Venezuela is dying. With little coverage of the failed socialist regime. The only thing the government does well is control the security forces.
The question is whether there will be only pain and suffering before recovery, or whether there will be a lot of bloodshed before the recovery can begin.
Let's hope those negotiations get Maduro out of there.
