
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Saturday asked Nicolas Maduro government officials “Lay down your weapons” and support “freedom” “When the time is right,” she asked in an audio clip shared on social networks, in which the Nobel Peace Prize laureate expressed that “the roar of this land demanding freedom grows and reverberates within the nation and beyond.”
Machado declared, “Whatever will happen, is already happening. That decisive hour is imminent, and the position each individual takes will mark his life forever. History, the law and the Venezuelan people will be their judge.” The anti-Chavista also asked “those carrying out today’s shameful orders” to: “When the time comes, go out and embrace the people, your people.”
“You will know very well how and when to take that step because everything around you will be clear and unambiguous. Be a hero not a criminal, Be a source of pride, not shame, for your family, and be part of Venezuela’s bright future. He added that this day is approaching.
Machado believes that Maduro’s controversial re-election announced by the Electoral College – controlled by officials close to Chavismo – was fraudulent in the presidential elections scheduled for July 2024, in which the opposition asserts that Former Ambassador Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia won, Exile in Spain.
Machado said on Wednesday that he sees “decisive hours” for Venezuela and guarantees a “peaceful transition.” At a forum of former Ibero-American presidents of the IDEA group at Miami Dade College (MDC), he also stated that “what is happening in Venezuela is not just a national truth; “It is a turning point for all of Latin America.” The former representative expressed his belief that “Venezuela today is on the cusp of freedom” and “an unprecedented transformation.”
At the same time, the Maduro government denounces that the United States is “threatening” Venezuela by doing so Promote “regime change” through its dissemination In the Caribbean, tensions rose this week with Washington announcing the military operation South Lance.