María Corina Machado denies Maduro
The leader of the opposition María Corina Machado assured this Wednesday, in an interview with EVTVthat is in Venezuela, which denies the government of Nicolás Maduro, what he had said shortly before The former deputy “fled the country to Spain”where the opponent Edmundo González Urrutia is exiled.
«Venezuelans know that I am here in Venezuela, the people know it and Nicolás Maduro also knows it. What happens is that they are desperate to know where I am, and I am not going to give them that pleasure,” said Machado, who maintained that she and the country’s citizens are “here fighting and determined to advance to the end.”
On the other hand, Maduro, according to Machadois in a “parallel universe surrounded by bodyguards” because “he knows that the people defeated him” in the presidential elections on July 28, in which the opposition asserts that González Urrutia was the “elected” candidate, despite the fact that the National Electoral Council (CNE) proclaimed Maduro the winner.
Previously, the official leader said, in a televised event, that “the sayona” – as he usually refers to Machado in a derogatory way – “also left” the country and “fled” to “a very good tavern somewhere in Spain.” ».
#TheInterview | María Corina Machado: I am here with the Venezuelans
In interview with @miguelcontigo the leader of Venezuela @MariaCorinaYA He stated that the regime “is desperate to know where I am and I am not going to give them that pleasure.”
📹 Full interview on YouTube:… pic.twitter.com/XRTvfFqQ9d
— EVTV (@EVTVMiami) October 17, 2024
Maduro’s government insists on Machado’s alleged escape
Although Maduro did not mention the name of the opponent, the Minister of Communication, Freddy Ñáñez, collected these statements and assured on Telegram that, according to the official leader, “María Corina Machado fled the country towards Spain.”
On Monday, Maduro, without giving names or direct references, said that “she” had left the country, despite the fact that she has been prohibited from leaving the national territory since June 2014.
«Don’t tell anyone, he left the country, my sources tell me that he fled (…) they are cowards, they are good at sending messages of hate and intolerance, but he left, the Gucci suitcases arrived and he left,” he said then, once again without giving any name.
NICOLÁS MADURO: MARIA CORINA MACHADO FLEED FROM VENEZUELA. pic.twitter.com/jzV3lsxUl8
— Roi Lopez Rivas (@RoiLopezRivas) October 15, 2024
Gonzalez Urrutialeader of the main opposition coalition – the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) -, arrived in Madrid on September 8, after requesting asylum due to the political and judicial persecution that he reported having suffered in Venezuela after the elections.
After the departure of the opponent, Machado, who claims to be in hiding, fearing for his life and freedom, He reiterated that he will continue fighting from Venezuelawhile González Urrutia will do it from the outside.
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