The Making of María Corina Machado
She moderated her tone in the lead-up to July 28, but Machado is now engaging with the MAGA camp. How did she get here after 25 years?
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Swarm, Baby, Swarm: Maria Corina’s Recipe to Sting the Regime
The achievement of July 28th makes it possible to think that the new form of organization that she proposes can work in Venezuela
Hasta el final: How María Corina’s Mutation Overturned Venezuelan Politics
María Corina Machado's ability to adapt has turned opposition politics on its head and has subverted the meaning of elections in Venezuela: Can she turn that movement into something more after July 28th?
The Naked Dictator Cries Wolf—and This Time, He’s Really Afraid
María Corina Machado’s strong principles and her persistence to fight for the values of the Venezuelan Revolution of 1958 are breaking down the myths of Chavismo and showing how weak and hollow the regime is nowadays
Madurismo’s Electoral Dilemma
While the regime could contemplate a sham transition, led by another Chavista or a friendly “opposition” figure, Maduro is not willing to transfer the presidency. But a Nicaragua-like strategy could end up bursting its regime’s tensions
María Corina Machado: 'We Must Privatize PDVSA'
Leading the polls ahead of the opposition primaries, María Corina Machado shifts her speech aiming for a bigger tent
Maria Corina Machado Gets a Beating, Maduro’s Credibility a Mauling
When thugs roughed up María Corina Machado in Upata, the regime tried to blame the low level guys who carried out the orders. Let’s see how that’s working out for them.
María Corina, and a unified theory of rationed repression
Much in the same way that the Venezuelan regime has mastered the art of rationing basic staples just enough as to elicit a tolerable resignation from its people, so has it mastered the art of rationing political persecution to remain just shy of becoming a dictatorship in the eyes of the international community.
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