For 20 years in Venezuela, history has been repeating itself, although with different plots. Analyst Dimitris Pantoulas called it Groundhog Day, inspired by a film in which the protagonist is trapped in a time loop that leads him to repeat the same day over and over again.

The electoral route is complex, but so far it is the only desirable route. How to navigate it is not only the task of Machado, but also of the democrats inside and outside the country.