TheKnight. Posted November 22, 2023 Posted November 22, 2023 María Corina Machado believes that Venezuelans have changed. That a deep economic crisis, the separation of so many families and the exodus of a quarter of the country's po[CENSORED]tion generated a reflection: a learning that can, "now yes," produce a change in Venezuela. "There used to be problems, but others took care of it and since there was money, money was enough for everything," the 56-year-old opposition politician tells BBC Mundo in her office in the affluent Altamira neighborhood in eastern Caracas. "We have learned the hard way, but we have learned and we have discovered what it means to be Venezuelan and to want to remain Venezuelans," he adds, while smiling and speaking slowly, with a low volume, almost whispering. Gone is the high-sounding, for many radical, leader of 20 years ago. The one who questioned Hugo Chávez in Congress and was treated as a "fly", who "does not hunt eagles", by the president. The leader, who on several occasions called for a boycott of elections organized by the ruling party, won on October 22 an opposition primary for the 2024 presidential elections in which 2.4 million Venezuelans participated, a figure much higher than expected, taking into account the technical and strategic limitations that the organization of the elections had. Machado, however, is politically disqualified by the justice system, although she is confident that the negotiations with the United States, in which Chavismo is playing for licenses to be able to sell oil, will end up giving her the opportunity to confront Nicolás Maduro. And when asked if that does not happen — which is what an overwhelming majority of Venezuelans believe will happen, according to polls — the leader says she does not contemplate such a scenario. BBC Mundo spoke with Machado about the moment that Venezuela is living, what is coming and the unity of the opposition. https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/cqvpj2x1q61o
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