Subject: Re: As Albaby says...

Regardless, having publicly dismissed the opposition as being unviable - several times - the regime is now well aware that the Administration doesn't have an alternative to their continued control over the country.

God's gift to the world Trump, openly said that he did not want free and fair elections in Venezuela, because he can't control the outcome. As long as Rodriguez "plays ball", he is content to use her as the public face in-country, but he is the new Generalissimo. If she starts thinking independently, she will become expendable, and Trump will probably anoint some General as the public face in-country.

Steve