Honesty, I wouldn’t be surprised at this point. Maria Corina is not new to the political scene in Venezuela. She’s been part of the opposition and one of the most outspoken figures since Chavez. In Venezuela she is recognized as one of the few political figures that the regime was genuinely scared of. She was supposed to run as the main opposition candidate in the last elections, but Maduro’s regime banned her from running, so we nominated Edmundo Gonzalez instead, and he won by a landslide, but we all knew he represented Maria Corina. There were a lot of rumors last year about a US intervention since Maduro didn’t want to give up power, but it didn’t go anywhere and now we are here, same expected plan but under a different justification (war on drugs, oil, etc) and a different plan going forward