The tens of millions of innocents stuck in Venezuela are often an afterthought amid mounting U.S. pressure on Nicolás Maduro, the country’s illegitimate president. An armada of warships and 15,000 troops have deployed to the region. Airstrikes continue on suspected drug-trafficking boats, with the looming threat of bombing land-based targets, backed up by CIA covert action.

On Monday, President Donald Trump declined to rule out sending in U.S. forces. “We just have to take care of Venezuela,” he said. With sticks and carrots, Trump hopes to compel Maduro to abdicate power without taking the United States into war. What happens if he succeeds?

María Corina Machado, the leader of the opposition, has been giving that question a lot of thought. She has bravely remained in her homeland, livin

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