The Latest Breaking News from Maria Corina Machado

Venezuela Passes Targets Dissidents Making Support for International Sanctions a Crime Against Humanity

The new law targets opposition leaders, criminalizing support for U.S. sanctions with convictions carrying sentences of at least 25 years in prison.

Latin Times · Dec 1, 2024

Venezuela Opposition Calls For Mass Anti-Maduro Protest On Dec. 1

Venezuelan opposition leaders called Saturday for mass protests on December 1 against President Nicolas Maduro's contested reelection, as his government claimed it had uncovered another alleged "destabilization" plot and made arrests.

International Business Times · Nov 23, 2024

Venezuelan Opposition Leader Calls on Trump to Bag a 'Foreign Policy Victory' by Helping Oust Maduro

Maria Corina Machado also urged Trump to reverse sanction relief introduced under President Biden and pursue new measures

Latin Times · Nov 18, 2024

No Choice: Braving The Darien Jungle To Flee Maduro's Venezuela

Oswards Ruiz said he had no choice but to flee Venezuela after President Nicolas Maduro claimed reelection in a July election the opposition says he stole.

International Business Times · Sep 28, 2024

Maduro's Hold On Power 'Unsustainable': Venezuelan Opposition Leader To AFP

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's hold on power is "unsustainable" given the widespread rejection of his claim to reelection, opposition leader Maria Corina Machado told AFP on Friday.

International Business Times · Sep 27, 2024

'Maduro is weaker and weaker,' says Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado

FRANCE 24 spoke to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who was supposed to run as the opposition's candidate for president in the July 28 election, before she was barred from doing so. Instead, veteran diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia ran in her place. According to independent exit polling voting machine…

France 24 · Sep 26, 2024

Venezuelan Opposition Candidate Says Letter Conceding Election Was Coerced

Venezuela's opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia said Wednesday he had been coerced into signing a letter distributed by Venezuelan authorities in which he supposedly conceded election defeat to strongman President Nicolas Maduro.

International Business Times · Sep 18, 2024

Venezuelan opposition still hopes to unseat Maduro despite their candidate's exile

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is trying to reassure supporters that her opposition coalition still has a chance of gaining control of the presidency despite the departure into exile of their candidate Edmundo González Urrutia

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2024

Opposition Leader Machado Says She Will Stay In Venezuela

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado vowed Monday to remain in Venezuela a day after her colleague and presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia took up asylum in Spain claiming post-election repression.

International Business Times · Sep 9, 2024

After Edmundo Gonzalez flees, what’s next for Venezuela and its opposition?

Opposition leaders, including Machado, promise to continue ‘their fight’ against President Nicolas Maduro.

Al Jazeera · Sep 9, 2024