"Maria Corina Machado has made U.S. foreign policy the central platform of her strategy to bring about a transition in Venezuela. Since July 28, 2024, when the opposition presented the official records declaring Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, Machado's chosen representative, the winner of the presidential election, the most troublesome opposition figure for Chavismo has received a new boost: renewed attention from Washington."
"She has supported Washington's most frontal offensive against the Nicolas Maduro government and integrated it into her strategy of psychological pressure on Chavismo. The demonstration of electoral fraud insufficient thus far to break the ruling party has become a starting point for Machado: with the regional shift to the right and the U.S. military deployment, Machado is once again raising the issue of a credible threat, a scenario in which the Chavista elites must choose between negotiating or risking their own survival."
Maria Corina Machado placed U.S. foreign policy at the center of her strategy to force a transition in Venezuela. The opposition certified Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as the election winner on July 28, 2024, prompting renewed attention from Washington. U.S. support remains ambiguous, ranging from diplomatic backing to possible military options, and Machado has built a narrative in that gray area. She welcomed the Nobel Peace Prize and aligned her rhetoric with the Trump administration's offensive against Nicolás Maduro. Machado frames electoral fraud as a starting point and uses regional shifts and U.S. naval presence to pressure Chavista elites to negotiate or risk survival.
Read at english.elpais.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]