War in Venezuela is now a scary possibility

In recognising opposition leader Juan Guaido as president, the US misread the 100,000-strong army’s loyalty to dictator Nicolas Maduro, say Jeffrey Sachs and Francisco Rodríguez.

ONE month after Juan Guaido, the speaker of Venezuela’s National Assembly, said he was assuming the Venezuelan presidency, currently held by Nicolas Maduro, the country’s political crisis remains far from over.