The New York Times, Venezuela :
Juan Guaidó, the Venezuelan opposition leader, returned to the country on Monday and gave a speech before cheering crowds in defiance of President Nicolás Maduro, who had threatened to have him arrested if he came back.
“We shout with resolve, ‘may oppression die,'” said Mr. Guaidó before supporters gathered in Caracas, the capital. “They threatened us with jail, with death, but nothing will happen through persecution.”
For days, it had been unclear whether Mr. Guaidó would be able to return to Venezuela after he flouted a court-imposed order not to leave the country and made a failed attempt to move truckloads of aid into the country over Mr. Maduro’s objections.
When he arrived at the Simon Bolívar Airport near Caracas on Monday, after more than a week abroad, his supporters celebrated around him, hopeful he would breathe new life into the opposition’s movement to topple Mr. Maduro.
While Mr. Maduro has jailed his opponents freely in the past, he made no attempts on Monday to impede Mr. Guaidó, showing what analysts said were the limits to his ability to dispatch the opposition with a crackdown.
“We saw clearly that the government understands the danger in arresting Guaidó,” said Dimitris Pantoulas, a political analyst in Caracas. “This could generate tremendous violence in Venezuela. The government is now going to have to hope that his protests simply peter out.”
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“Any threats, violence, or intimidation against him will not be tolerated & will be met with swift response,” Vice President Mike Pence wrote on Twitter on Monday. “The world is watching – Interim President Guaidó must be allowed to re-enter Venezuela safely.”
Still, some warned Mr. Guaidó remains in danger in Venezuela.
“Of course, getting to Caracas accompanied by diplomatic officials doesn’t mean he won’t be arrested in the coming days,” said David Smilde, a senior analyst at the Washington Office on Latin America.
