There are several points which show Mr. Velasco to be unequivocally wrong:

1. The Venezuelan Constitution does not allow Mr. Guaidó to assume power in the manner he himself claims it does. Thus, his is an illegal claim. Such a claim in any other country would've placed the claimant in jail already. Only because of Mr. Trump's threats has Mr. Maduro not jailed Mr. Guaidó.

2. With other countries experiencing equal or more severe political and humanitarian crisis it is surprising Mr. Velasco chooses to support intervention in Venezuela, just as the United States is engineering yet another regime change in an resource-rich country.

3. While Mr. Maduro and his pals can certainly be accused of corruption and serious mismanagement of Venezuela, who elected the United States as policeman of the world to decide when is it fair to go in and remove the elected president of another country? These issues can and should be resolved by the people of Venezuela.

4. If corruption and mismanagement are considered to give validity to foreign-engineered regime change, how many countries around the world would be fair game for such change? France, the United States, the UK and many other western nations would qualify for such regime-change, as many of their own citizens are in bitter disagreement with their authorities.

5. Mr Guaidó chose not to take part in the 2018 presidential elections. Other candidates / parties did. No one has voted for Mr. Guaidó.

6. From a legal standpoint "the world’s democracies" are NOT allowed to go in and force a change in the Venezuelan authorities to better suit their taste. Any concerns about the state of affairs in Venezuela should be addressed in the UN, that's what it's for.

7. There is nothing that makes Mr. Velasco a fair arbiter of what is moral and what is not.

Many, if not all democracies, are imperfect to a lesser or greater degree. There are far more serious crisis in the world today that merit attention than validating the imperialist greed seeking to siphon off the resources that belong to the people of Venezuela. This greed was laid bare by John Bolton's confession on how important is to get US companies to produce Venezuela's oil.

This regime change is all about money and resources.