President Gustavo Petro believes Venezuela still has time for a negotiated solution to its prolonged internal crisis. Despite the fact that the Chavista regime failed to comply with the Barbados agreements, which established commitments to guarantee free elections in 2024—and which ended with the opposition claiming victory in the elections with evidence—and that Donald Trump is further tightening his grip on Caracas while opposition leader María Corina Machado celebrates her Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Colombia insists on proposals that avoid a military solution but, in practice, offer a possible lifeline for Nicolás Maduro.