The pro-democracy activist who won a key opposition primary in Venezuela said Thursday that the socialist regime of President Nicholas Maduro has made 'a huge mistake' by attempting to disqualify her from running against him in next year's critical elections.
Maria Corina Machado speaks during a ceremony with the Opposition Primary Commission to recognize her electoral win in the opposition-organized primary election to choose a presidential candidate in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.
Recent events have exposed the regime’s fear of being beaten at the polls, Ms. Machado said in a video briefing organized by the Inter-American Dialogue think tank in Washington. In addition to banning Ms. Machado and two other opposition candidates from running against Mr. Maduro in any future election, the regime has announced that the entire primary process is now under investigation for money laundering, conspiracy and financial crimes.
The White House last month unexpectedly rolled back what had been former President Trump’s maximum sanctions pressure on Venezuela — a policy the former administration had hoped would drive Mr. Maduro from power and end the country’s burgeoning ties to China, Russia and Iran. Critics accuse Mr. Biden of pandering to the Maduro regime, hoping to unlock Venezuelan oil flows and ease global energy supply disruptions brought on by the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
The administration is “easing up on the worst regimes in the world, giving them the revenues to stay in power and spread terror and corruption, while kneecapping environmentally responsible development in Alaska,” Ms. Murkowski wrote on social media.
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