on 15 january 2019, the national assembly made a plan to work with other countries. they asked these other countries to not let maduro access his money or money that belongs to venezuela. guaidó wrote an article on 15 january 2019 in "the washington post". in his article he told people about the problems in venezuela and how he can fix it. guaidó spoke to the "wall street journal" about his methods to lead people, where he says people should be "holding out a hand". he said that he would not lock up members of the army who stopped helping maduro and helped him instead. other country leaders nearby to venezuela asked maduro to not become president again in 2019, wanting a better election.