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7. I think the military is perhaps the ones to credit for the opposition win

Rumor has it that Padrino Lopez, the current chief of the armed forces appointed by Maduro himself, was the one who in the end decided to accept the opposition win before Cabello. As the votes for being counted and ultimately gave the MUD a landslide victory, Cabello did not want to accept the result but Padrino López went against that order. And I feel that the Castros themselves realize that Chavismo is totally hopeless now, hence why they decided to reestablish relations with the US. They know they can't keep depending on Venezuela anymore, so now they're just considering Maduro as expendable. And the other factor is that the military itself is also tired of the bullshit coming out of the PSUV leadership. They're not idiots, they understand very well that the country's situation was the PSUV's doing. Do you think many in the military don't suffer the consequences of the crisis Venezuela is going through right now? They certainly do, and Padrino López knows that if he keeps aligning himself unconditionally with the PSUV, he will be convicted just like every one of their leaders once Chavismo is out of power in the presidency, and doing this gesture of accepting an opposition victory is his attempt to save some face when all main Chavista leaders are prosecuted.