The momentum gathers in Venezuela

A friend with whom I'm developing a podcast concept was over to the house yesterday and the subject of Venezuela arose.
My friend is a libertarian and I, of course, am a conservative, and the thinking regarding our podcast is that the proportion of Venn-diagram overlap and area of departure outside of it would make for interesting exchanges on various subjects.
We specifically honed in on the matter of how the US should respond to the current instability on Venezuela. Should there be any moves beyond officially recognizing Guaido as interim president? My friend's concern is that the situation could come to the prospect of US troops forcing the issue there.
I just sent him this story that I came across in my first news perusal of the day. It seems that the internal nudge may be sufficient for getting that beleaguered country relief from the grip of socialist dictatorship:

An active Venezuelan general called on the armed forces to rebel against President Nicolas Maduro and to recognize the opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim chief as pressure at home and abroad grows on the head of state to step down.

In a video circulating on Twitter on Saturday, General Francisco Yanez of the air force's high command, said most of the armed forces already disavowed Maduro, who claims he is victim of a coup directed by the United States.

"People of Venezuela, 90 percent of the armed forces of Venezuela are not with the dictator, they are with the people of Venezuela," Yanez said in the video.

"Given the happenings of the last few hours, already the transition to democracy is imminent."

The high command's web page lists Yanez, along with a photo, as the air force's head of strategic planning.

Of course, a very big question is whether the world's bad guys - Russia, China, Iran, North Korea - will show restraint as this plays out.