The lights of several thousand mobile phones illuminated a main boulevard of Venezuela's San Cristobal city in a euphoric welcome to opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, one month ahead of a deeply contentious presidential election.
The fiery 56-year-old is not a candidate, having been declared ineligible by institutions loyal to President Nicolas Maduro. But she is the figurehead everyone has come out to see, and residents clogged the roadway Friday waving national flags, blowing horns and cheering.
