{"id":2233864,"date":"2026-01-14T02:01:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2233864"},"modified":"2026-01-14T02:01:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:01:29","slug":"edgar-ramirez-on-venezuelas-future-there-are-no-good-viable-options-its-a-choice-of-bad-or-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/edgar-ramirez-on-venezuelas-future-there-are-no-good-viable-options-its-a-choice-of-bad-or-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9dgar Ram\u00edrez on Venezuela\u2019s Future: \u201cThere Are No Good, Viable Options. It\u2019s a Choice of Bad or Worse\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Since Jan. 3, when Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro was captured by U.S. forces and transported to New York to face federal drug and weapons charges, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1634709\/\">\u00c9dgar Ram\u00edrez<\/a> has been in a state of emotional whiplash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now I feel relieved, but also excited and fearful and exhausted,\u201d the Emmy-nominated Venezuelan actor tells The Hollywood Reporter. \u201cThere is a sense of relief that this terrible dictator has been taken out. But there is a lot of uncertainty. What people have to understand is there are no good, viable options for Venezuela. It\u2019s a choice of bad or worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That uncertainty has only deepened as it became clear that the structures of power built up by Maduro and his predecessor, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm11618414\/\">Hugo Chavez<\/a>, remain largely intact. The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0815323\/\">Trump administration<\/a> has distanced itself from Venezuela\u2019s main opposition, led by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4591834\/\">Nobel<\/a> laureate <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm9883020\/\">Mar\u00eda Corina Machado<\/a>, and instead supported Maduro\u2019s number two, Vice President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm17930889\/\">Delcy Rodr\u00edguez<\/a>,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since Jan. 3, when Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro was captured by U.S. forces and transported to New York to face federal drug and weapons charges, \u00c9dgar Ram\u00edrez has been in a state of emotional whiplash. \u201cRight now I feel relieved, but also excited and fearful and exhausted,\u201d the Emmy-nominated Venezuelan actor tells The Hollywood Reporter. 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