Hundreds of Venezuelans have supported this Sunday in Madrid the call made by the leader of the main opposition coalition in Venezuela to the 2024 presidential elections, María Corina Machado, to demand that her candidacy be respected and that “the persecution stop.”
55 years old, Machado represents the most conservative and intransigent sector of the opposition, despite the fact that he decided to remain in Venezuela – like Henrique Capriles –, while the majority of anti-Chavista leaders went into exile in Madrid, Miami or Bogotá.
In a video published in She was chosen as a presidential candidate in primaries in which she obtained more than 92% of the votes. Her disqualification, however, paints a scenario without many prospects for change after almost a quarter of a century of Chavismo.
Machado is accused of having “been a participant in the corruption plot orchestrated” by the former head of Parliament Juan Guaidó. Although her disqualification has been questioned by the governments of Costa Rica, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic, among others, on the grounds that she contravenes the agreements signed last October between the Maduro Government and the opposition.
Machado’s candidacy has had the express support of the Deputy Secretary of Organization and Electoral of the Popular Party of Madrid, Ana Millán, and the spokesperson of the GPP in the Madrid Assembly, Carlos Díaz-Pache.
“When we maneuver against the separation of powers, attack judges and avoid political alternation, we are heading towards communism, which always ends in misery and lack of rights,” Millán highlighted.
