External powers are increasingly making their voices heard as the crisis persists. The United States today formally recognized González as the victor of the elections, while Russia invited Maduro to visit, citing his purported victory. Further videos have emerged showing people at a distance wearing patches seemingly belonging to Wagner; but the same caveat applies as yesterday, it's still not possible to confirm that Wagner forces have deployed to Venezuela off of a handful of patches.
Throughout the country, the GNB remains very split. Additional footage is circulating showing the GNB st places joining the protesters, while they are siding with the remainder of federal forces in other locations. It feels like if a part of the Venezuelan security apparatus would fully turn on Maduro at this point it would be the national guard; but they are clearly not still pretty split, and by definition lack some of the heavier equipment the other branches of the military has. It's nowhere near enough to force Maduro to stand down but it is enough to perpetuate the political crisis for some more time.
Meanwhile, the crackdown on the protests and the opposition are intensifying. Opposition leader María Corina Machado has stated that she has gone into hiding inside of Venezuela, after rebuffing offers of asylum. Maduro stated that over a thousand protesters have been arrested, and he called for the establishment of "re-education camps" in maximum security prisons where detained protesters and other political opponents will be sent to. Not that Maduro was doing a good job of disguising his dictatorship in the first place, but he has just about dropped all pretenses at this point.