host: eric farnsworth here to talk about what is going on in venezuela.epublicans call 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. independents, 202-748-8002. post your thoughts at our twitter feed @cspanwj. aside from the words policy makers and those in the administration say, can we go further in assisting? guest: it is a good question and how far can we go? yes, there are additional tools. more on the humanitarian side. populationvenezuela are outside the country. are additional steps that can be taken, whether sanctions, visa restrictions, financial restrictions. the one thing people have to be careful about is continuing be very reality that this is a venezuela issue that needs to be solved by venezuela. the united states and the international community can be supportive of that. host: the president took to fox news to talk about this and let's listen to the statements he made. president trump: it is a terrible thing, people are starving, people are dying, there is no food, no water, it is a terrible situation. you see what is going on and we are doing e

we welcome eric farnsworth, vice president of the council the americans. welcome back. u heard what the senator had to say. did nicolas maduro make a mistake? how solid is his position? eric: i think you made a mistake. that was an obvious exit strategy where he would've been able to leave the country and have a negotiated deal to have access to some of his ill-gotten gains and have safety for the perceivable future. now he has decided to stay and try to have a blood test with the juan guaido government. one of the scenarios a lot of people pointed to as a possible early -- as a possibility for change in venezuela has been a coup from nicolas maduro's own forces. to the extent people think he has been weakened, and i think he has been, they may become empowered to try to kick them out on their own terms. we'll have to see how that goes, but it is clearly added to the risk in that scenario. david: let's talk about that. it seems like he is kept his control of the military, which you have told us before is terribly important. at the same time, the people of what is leila,

. >> eric farnsworth to talk about what is going on in venezuela, democrats, 202-7488000.ou can post thoughts on twitteh feed. aside from the words that policymakers and both of the administration say about this, can we go any further in assisting? >> you know, it's really a good question and how far can we go, the short answer is yes. first, we can do more on humanitarian side, more than 10% of venezuela's population is outside of the country. it would help if he would allow humanitarian aid, sanctions, whether it's visa restrictions, financial restrictions, but the one thing that i think people have to be careful about is to continue the very, continue the reality that this is a venezuelan issue that need to be resolved by venezuelans and i think that the united states along side the international community and working in conjunction with the international community can be supportive of that and i think that's proper role for us to do. >> the presidents at fox news talk about this issue, some of t the statements he made, your response. >> and it's a terrible thing, peopl

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eric farnsworth is with us. he's with the council of the americas. are we on the verge of major foreign policy success in venezuela? end game. is it real close, eric? >> hey, stuart. thanks for having me on. you know, it could be very close. it could be as close as today. you saw the protests yesterday, many military folks rising up against the maduro regime yesterday. now out to the streets, the interim government of juan guaido has called the population of venezuela to further protest, further put the regime back on its heels. will that be enough to get the maduro regime out of office? we'll have to see. that will still depend on the military and if they decide to change their loyalties to guaido. stuart: it sure sounded like it was close. mike pompeo told fox late yesterday that maduro had agreed to leave, go to havana, flee the capital, caracas. if he was that close to leaving and the russians stepped in, it's really close for him getting out of town, isn't it? >> well, i think that's exactly right. it's really ironic, too, because all these peopl

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