SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- The Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado He said in an interview with the Cuban activist Rosa Maria Paya that Venezuela will be free from the dictatorship, while expressing his willingness and that of his party to continue moving forward, despite the actions of the Nicolás Maduro regime to prevent it.
In a live broadcast on the social networks of Payá and CubaDecide, Machado He referred to the isolation to which the regime has increasingly confined itself, as it has lost all credibility.
In her words, Maduro only has violence left, but it isolates him. “In practice, that is not sustainable, the only thing he can do is to entrench himself in a group of high-ranking military officers. Violence isolates him, he is more isolated every day,” said the opposition leader.
In a context in which tensions have reached a critical point after the Chavista institutions attributed the victory to Maduro amid allegations of electoral fraud, the regime cannot hold its own.
The best scenario for the Venezuelan dictator would be, according to him, Machadonegotiate for a transition, as the cost of remaining in power increases. Plunged into political chaos, the country could not return to normality under the same regime that only resorts to repression and violence.
“They think they can normalize the country again, but they have already lost legitimacy,” he said, adding that it would be the worst precedent for democracy not to yield to the popular will and violate the principle of popular sovereignty, so valid in the current situation.
Having demonstrated the compelling victory of the opposition and Edmundo González on Maduro, the only thing left to do is to put pressure on Maduro to “understand” and recognize the victory because “the situation will be unsustainable.”
“Everyone has to take responsibility. Think about what you can do right now, taking care of yourself, staying strong and united,” he said.
Against adversities
For Maria Corina Machado it is about “something epic”because “we have been preparing for this moment for 25 years.” Despite having conducted opposition primaries without money, without the media to disseminate their proposals, they have made their way and have resisted with citizen support.
For the last elections of July 28, they had to conduct themselves in the most adverse conditions, after the disqualification of Machado and his substituteCorina Yoris, vetoed by Chavismo.
“What seemed impossible was achieved” and in the face of new barriers, their will to remain firm and advance with a “robust” strategy prevails.
In this regard, he mentioned that the escalation of the persecution and the arrest warrant against Edmundo González, which seeks to undermine the opposition forces, leads them to continue putting pressure inside and outside the country, “with great intelligence, in a coordinated manner.”
Although the regime prevented the presence of international opposition observers in the elections, they have had the support of the OAS, the IACHR, and the Venezuelan community abroad, which has allowed the world to know the path they are taking.
“They thought that the fraud would not be documented,” he noted, but the organizations that made the process visible and the citizens who contributed to displaying the minutes helped demoralize the regime.
“We want Venezuela to become a land of welcome where our children can return. Venezuela will be free.”
