An internal Venezuelan political crisis is escalating into a full-scale international stand-off. Trump has come out in support of the opposition leader, Juan Guaido, along with Canada and other South American countries, which has provoked Putin to talk of breaches of international law and ‘a path to bloodshed’ as he sees his $25 billion investment in the inept President Nicolas Maduro looking very shaky.
Maduro, a socialist, was elected narrowly in 2013 and since then the Venezuela has been in a downward spiral with growing political discontent, fuelled by skyrocketing hyperinflation, power cuts and shortages of food and medicine. More than three million Venezuelans have left the country in recent years. He theoretically won a disputed and boycotted election in May 2018 with many opposition candidates barred from running, some jailed or fled the country for fear of being imprisoned. He chose only to be sworn in this month which brought the situation to a head with Guaido announcing himself the rightful president. Maduro is supported by the army.
Gaido, 28 July 1983, is a fiery Sun Leo trine Uranus Jupiter in Sagittarius; with a tough-minded, resolute and courageous Mars in Cancer square Saturn Pluto in Libra. He doesn’t look overly ecstatic this year with a couple of Neptunian sinkers till late year, though June will see a change in his fortunes; and he could be given a major boost with Solar Arc Pluto conjunct his Jupiter sometime soon.
He’s a better fit with Venezuela than Maduro with the relationship chart having an affectionate composite Sun, Mercury Venus trine a reforming Uranus Saturn in a dynamic sextile to Mars – though that relationship is under considerable pressure from this year through till almost the mid twenties. Even if he consolidates his position he’d have a fair job dragging the country up from the pits.
The Venezuela chart, 5 July 1811 3pm Caracas, looks to be continuing its downhill slide through 2019/2020/21 with tr Neptune conjunct Pluto and square Saturn and Jupiter. This year is critical with its Cancer Sun in the line of the Eclipses, forcing change through and failing that bringing yet more crises.
See post January 6 2018
No chart of Maduro, the elected leader, here. How very strange.
Many Venezuelan refugees have come here to Florida as a result of the political unstable situation in Venezuela. Unfortunately, the political situation isn’t much better here in the United States.
Chris Romero
Jacksonville, Florida
Interestingly enough, the solar eclipse coming up in July at 11 degrees Cancer might be a key turning point for the situation in Venezuela. It is almost exactly conjunct the country’s Sun at 12 degrees Cancer in its 8th house. So clearly financial resources and debts are going to be at issue during that timeframe. Considering that the country owes heavy debts to Russia and China, it may very well become an international crisis if a new regime takes power. A large portion of their oil revenues goes into servicing that debt.
Thank you Marjorie