As the Nobel Prize goes to the opposition leader of Venezuela, how far would Trump go to help her?

This victory of the Nobel Prize for Maria Corina Machado is extremely greeted by the opposition in Venezuela.

The hope is that it will attract renewed international attention to their cause.

In response to the award, Macado directly called for help from the man who hoped he would win it.

“Today, we rely on President Trump than ever,” Machado said.

She hopes through him, the United States, other nations in Latin America and “democratic nations around the world”, Venezuela will “achieve freedom and democracy.”

The question is: how far will Donald Trump go?

There are many things in Venezuela right now.

Imagine a country where millions of people live in poverty. Main services, such as electricity, are unreliable in many areas. The healthcare system is in crisis, with a lack of acute medicine. Millions of citizens have fled in recent years, many of the United States or neighboring countries.

The last elections were widely rejected internationally as neither free nor fair. Security forces have fallen into protests after the vote, with many people being detained. Human rights organizations believe that there are still hundreds of political prisoners.

Most recently, the United States has begun bombing boats off the coast of the country – in international waters – which it claims to carry drug traffickers. Attorneys say strikes can violate international law.

This is just a momentary photo of the situation in and around Venezuela right now. In any other world, it would be a huge story.

But the opposition, which the United States, among others, said, won the last election, was left with several obvious paths forward to make a real change.

Mahado, his factual leader, lies in Venezuela. Opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, whom the United States and others recognize a president, lives in exile. Both are threatened and accused of “state treason” by the government.

Machado appeared briefly a protest before President Nicolas Maduro took office in January, but was arrested and then released.

The broad protests that took place after the last election has subsided frequency due to concerns of the consequences of demonstrators.

Opposition calls for military and security forces to abandon President Maduro have not caused significant defects so far. They and other key police groups remain loyal to the president.

However, there is a question of how far the opposition allies – including the United States – may be ready to go to intervene.

In recent weeks, the United States has been bombing at least four boats in the Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, killing at least 21 people. The US claims they are looking for drugs but have not provided details about those on board.

Some lawyers believe that strikes violate international law, but a recent expiring note sent to the congress said the United States is now identified as “non-international armed conflict”-suggesting that it intends to justify the use of war-time powers against alleged cartels.

Although it is true that the cartels, such as Tren de Aragua, have a presence in the region, that some of these vessels claim to have come to Venezuela – this is in no way the biggest hot road in Latin America.

This has led many in the region to suspect that Donald Trump’s true goal for these blows, combined with the construction of a military presence in the United States in the region, is to put military pressure on Maduro and remove it from power.

The Pentagon has been reported to have built a force of thousands of troops in the region and plans potential military operations. Special operations forces were spotted from neighboring Caribbean islands, such as Trinidad and Tobago.

The Grenada Foreign Ministry said it was reviewing the US government’s request for temporary installation of radar equipment and technical staff at its airport.

Venezuela’s Defense Minister, Vladimir Padrino Lopez, warned of possible attacks in the United States with drones or special forces carrying out “polling killings”. Neighboring Colombia President Gustavo Petro claims that a “new scenario of war” has opened in the Caribbean.

In Venezuela, civil reserves are preparing for a potential attack in the United States.

US administration officials say that Maduro is sitting at the top of Venezuela’s cartel network, something he denies, so it is believed that the United States will claim that its removal from power is ultimately “counter-narcotics”.

In August, the United States doubled a reward for any information leading to his arrest up to $ 50 million, and accused him of being “one of the largest Narco-Traffickers in the world”-something that the government rejected as “pathetic”.

Venezuela collaborates with some flights to repatriation of migrants from the United States, but it did not tame Trump’s anger for Maduro.

On Friday, The New York Times announced that Venezuelan officials offer the Trump administration a dominant share in the highly sanctioned resources of oil, gold and minerals of Venezuela-but Trump’s administration declined.

The Trump administration may have rejected the Nobel Peace Peace Award Committee and accuse her of being “political” for not awarding him to the US president. But for now, he remains an ally of the Venezuelan opposition and Maduro’s fierce opponent.

It is unclear whether the US will retain its operations to target these small ships in the Caribbean -or have wider plans to focus on more people in the Maduro administration.

Venezuela may not have many allies on the world stage, but there are remarkable exceptions, including China, Russia, Iran and Cuba.

If the US decides to intervene on Venezuelan soil, the situation can escalate very quickly.