The opposition leader of Venezuela María Corina Machado said Sunday that the government of Nicolás Maduro, who swore on January 10 as president for a third consecutive six -year period, after her questioned re -election last July, represents a “threat to the security of the hemisphere” .
«We all know that Maduro’s regime is a threat to the security of the hemisphere. (…) Venezuela will be free »he wrote in X the former deputy, who claims the victory of the opponent Edmundo González Urrutia in the presidential elections of July 28, despite the fact that the Chavista was the proclaimed candidate winning by the National Electoral Council (CNE), controlled by rectors related to Chavismo.
In Machado’s opinion, who did not explanations about his statement, the future of democracy and stability of the region “will be defined with the struggle” in the Caribbean country and “outside of it.”
María Corina Machado criticizes the Maduro government
Last Tuesday, the opponent said that, on the other hand, a “free” Venezuela will be the “best investment opportunity in this hemisphere and, perhaps, in the world.” This while accused of Maduro’s administration of being a “mafias regime” and having “looted” the country.
That same day, Machado said that it is “the time of concrete actions by the democratic governments of the Americas”after the president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, received González Urrutia, whom he called “president”, and announced the decision to declare as “terrorist group” the criminal band Train de Aragua, born in Venezuelan prisons.
Maduro was proclaimed winner of the elections based on results that the CNE has not yet published in a breakdown, contrary to the provisions of the schedule approved by the institution for the celebration of these votes.
For its part, the greatest opposition coalition -the Democratic Unitary Platform (Pud)- claims to have collected 85.18% of the “electoral records” that they prove- insists- that the winner was his candidate, González Urrutia, documents that Chavismo indicates as false.
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