The big event that was supposed to be Guaido’s watershed moment has instead turned out to be a public-relations failure far worse than his quickly quelled attempted military coup. The political party of Juan Guaido – Voluntad Popular (Popular Will) – was never all that popular to begin with. The sixth largest political party in Venezuela, Popular Will is heavily financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Now, a recently exposed embezzlement scandal in Colombia risks to further alienate the party from the Venezuelan people. What was supposed to be Guaido’s watershed moment has instead turned out to be a public-relations failure far worse than his quickly quelled attempted military coup, which MintPress News reported caused even the New York Times to describe Guaido as “deflated.” What happened in Colombia appears to be so damning that not only is the Colombian intelligence service leaking documents exposing wrongdoing by Popular Will representatives appointed by Guaido, but the Organization of American States (OAS) – which is typically just as pro-opposition as the Colombian government — has called for an investigation. In a tweet issued June 14 at 10:47 p.m. Venezuela time, Guaido called on his ambassador to Colombia – … Meer lezen over Alexander Rubinstein – Venezuela: Massive Embezzlement Scandal Threatens Juan Guaido’s Political Future