Venezuela is in crisis. More than 94 percent of Venezuelans live in poverty and face widespread power outages, food scarcity, and medicine shortages. Venezuelan narco-dictator Nicolás Maduro continues to block efforts by the international community and interim President Juan Guaidó to restore stability and democracy. At the same time, US-led efforts to dislodge the illegitimate Maduro regime through economic sanctions and diplomatic pressure have yet to yield success.