Politics
María Corina Machado calls for march for "freedom" of Venezuela one day before presidential inauguration
In the video of the call, Machado states that “that day will be recorded in history as the day Venezuela said: Enough!”
January 6, 2025 8:37am
Updated: January 8, 2025 12:34am
Opposition leader María Corina Machado called for a demonstration in Venezuela and other parts of the world this Thursday, Jan. 9, just one day before the presidential inauguration in the South American country.
“This is the sign. This is the day! The day we unite our flag in a single cry of FREEDOM. Venezuela needs you,” Machado wrote on her X account, ensuring that he will also attend the demonstration.
In the video of the call, the former deputy states that “that day will be recorded in history as the day Venezuela said: Enough!”
“Freedom is not begged, it is fought and conquered, it is won. (...) Here no one is left behind. Let's leave full of confidence. Paralyzed we do not achieve change. Maduro is not going to leave alone. We must make him leave with the strength of a people that never gives up (...). Go out, shout, fight, it is time to stand firm and make them understand that they have come this far, that this is over,” she declared.
Ésta es la señal. Éste es el día!
— María Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) January 5, 2025
El día que unimos nuestra bandera en un solo grito de LIBERTAD!
Venezuela te necesita.
A todos, JUNTOS. A TODOS!
Yo voy contigo.
Este 9 de enero, TODOS a las calles, en Venezuela y el mundo.
GLORIA AL BRAVO PUEBLO! pic.twitter.com/sbCIYWAxuG
Meanwhile, the president-elect, Edmundo González, is on a tour of Latin America with which he intends to complicate the scenario of dictator Nicolás Maduro. On Saturday he met with President Javier Milei in Argentina and with Luis Lacalle in Uruguay, to whom he delivered an electoral record as “documentary testimony of the civic achievement of Venezuelans on June 28.”
The former ambassador has also reiterated his intention to return to Venezuela to be sworn in as president of the country on Jan. 10, challenging the same intention of dictator Nicolás Maduro.
According to official data obtained by the Venezuelan opposition, González defeated Maduro in the July presidential elections after obtaining 67% of the votes compared to 30% for Maduro.
