Caracas. The start of Nicolás Maduro’s new term as president comes after a long dispute over a fraudulent July election and international calls for him to leave power.
In a video on her Instagram account, María Corina Machado said on Friday that due to the closure of the country’s airspace and the activation of the anti-aircraft defense system by the Maduro Government, the opposition decided that Edmundo González would not return to the country.
From Santo Domingo, González published a message recorded on X in which he said that he continues “working on the conditions” to return to Venezuela and that he is “very close” to the country. He added that Maduro “crowns himself a dictator” with Friday’s inauguration.
The opposition believes that Maduro carried out a coup d’état, usurping power.
“Maduro consolidated a coup d’état (…) he did not put the presidential band on his chest, he put it on his ankle like a shackle,” Machado said.
Detention
She also explained that Maduro’s police detained her on Thursday afternoon, but they released her minutes later in a clear fissure in the regime of those who want to take her to jail and those who preferred her release due to international pressure.
Machado explained that she was forcefully taken off her motorcycle and put on another, placed between two men, whom she heard saying that they would take her to Boleíta, an area where there are police headquarters.
She added that without explanation, the motorcycle stopped and they left her to record some videos. The driver of his motorcycle, injured, was taken into custody.
The government mocked the incident and denied any involvement, saying the opposition had orchestrated it to generate support for Machado.
Venezuelans have received a strong blow of disappointment from what happened.
