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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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We Venezuelans must choose our own path

A giant banner reading
A giant banner reading ‘Free Maduro and Cilia’ hangs from the Parque Central Complex in Caracas, Venezuela, on 19 January 2026. Photograph: Pedro Mattey/AFP/Getty Images

Regarding your report (Dictator ousted but regime intact – what next for Venezuela’s opposition?, 18 January), I spent the early hours of Saturday 3 January watching how my country was being bombed by the United States.

While many Venezuelans hoped that Edmundo González Urrutia would be installed as the new president or that new elections would be called, those possibilities now feel further away than ever.

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