brazil near the border with venezuela i would joining us now to talk more about this is jennifer mccoy via skype in prague she is the director of the global studies institute at georgia state university and also of the book international mediation in venezuela thanks very much for being with us so what do you what do you make of what's been happening in venezuela very very responsive venezuela over the last few hours because at the moment it doesn't look like there is much in the way of mediation going on. i know exactly this was a high stakes gamble on the part of the u.s. and the opposition to bring that aid with a lot of attention a lot of public attention to the border and to hope that there would be a break within the military the national guard to allow it in and that this would be you know a strong signal to motherhood oh that he was losing faith what we've seen is that it's been messy and in some cases the national guard are holding firm and others they seem to be butting at three or even defecting. the danger i think is that report of the games that known as the collect t.-bo

course is the concern of humanitarian organizations absolutely because it is all about people jennifer mccoy thank you so much joining us with her saying thank you thank you. the counting is underway in nigeria after saturday's delay a presidential election as. a second term in what's thought to be its height race with the former vice president. the electoral commission extended voting hours in some places after ballot machines malfunction has more from. many nigerians are watching election officials closely these voters in the commercial capital lagos say they want to make sure there's no rigging last tuesday has cost doubts on the editor commission's credibility and competence. in. the race to govern the country with africa's biggest economy pits incumbent president mohammed to behati against main opposition candidates and former vice president. emotions are high. speed result could lead to violence. there were. parts of nigeria election officials say they generally had with the turnout have to wait to find out who has won and by what margin analysts say it's going to be. early on saturday

. >>> let's talk about this with jennifer mccoy. er, a professor of political science at georgia state university. joining us far from atlanta, georgia, in budapest. >> thank you. >> juan guaido, set to meet with mike pence in colombia. this is on the heels of welcoming dozens of military defectors from his native venezuela. how strong is guaido's hand right now, compared to nicholol madu madu maduro? >> maduro controls the security forces and the government institutions. but guaido has strong international backing. and the population is med up and frustrated. i think he will continue to receive their support for some time, until they -- if nothing happens, they may give up. maduro, i think, showed weakness over this weekend because he seemed to have to rely on the gangs, as well as reports that he may be preparing prisoners to help turn back protesters. so, that shows a weakness if he does not have faith in his national guard and in his military, or if the deflections continue to grow. >> that would be significant, turning to prison