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Direct confrontation with Hugo Chavez at National Assembly, televised on national TV in 2012 cemented her as a true anti Chavist. 14 years later she accepted a Nobel Prize.
Mar 21, 2026
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The organization behind Maria Corina Machado. The little-known story of how key staffers avoided arrest and imprisonment by taking refuge in the Argentine embassy for 414 days.
Mar 20, 2026
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With a 25 million bounty on his head and the threat of the US giving him the Maduro treatment, is there an elegant departure? Will he recognize his time is up and work toward a peaceful transition or fight to the end?
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Machado’s approximately 92–93% share stands out as an overwhelming, near-unanimous outcome. Would seem to indicate clear and nearly universal support. Will that translate into US support?
Fragmentation within Venezuela’s opposition has been one of the most significant structural advantages sustaining the current regime.
