I'm John Batchwith, Mary Kistle, my colleague of many years, and our home waters, the Western Hemisphere.

Venezuela, all good things are happening except the reluctance of the Rodriguez's, Jorge, in charge

of the Assembly, Dulce, the temporary president, are not packing their bags and taking a

hint and leaving town. This is State Department matter.

Mary, do you think that they're just in denial and that they will move along?

No, I don't think they're going to move along at all unless we make them move along.

I believe it was the New York Times that asked Delsey Rodriguez recently when the elections will be held,

and she responded, I don't know, sometime. So that doesn't indicate to me that she feels any particular pressure

to give up the control that she has over Venezuela's security forces and the public at large.

Yes, and none of the road marks, road signs that were to have been achieved by this time have been.

For example, there's still 500 or so political prisoners held in a dungeon, and they're said to be very important to the opposition.

Also, Ms. Machado, who has a Nobel Peace Prize for her work and refusing the Maduro government remains unable to

travel to Venezuela. And not only is there no election named, there's no preparation for the

elected president, Mr. Gonzalez, who was elected in 24. Cuba, I mentioned quickly, as there is no

movement that we can see in Caracas, there's no movement in Havana, too. America, Cuba remains

a mystery to me because they lack everything and the people are extremely stressed, and yet the

leadership is ignoring all of that

and defying the U.S.

What is your measure?

Is this the last to be solved,

and I should not worry about it at this moment?

Well, I think the United States

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