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María Corina Machado in Madrid: 'Malignant Forces' Want the World to Doubt Venezuela Is Ready for Free Elections
- María Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader, received the Gold Medal of the Community of Madrid and spoke before thousands at Puerta del Sol, declaring a new phase in the push for free elections in Venezuela and calling Madrid the 'capital of the free world'.
- Machado refused to meet Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, criticizing his progressive summit, and instead met with Spain's main opposition leaders Alberto Núñez Feijóo and Santiago Abascal.
- She condemned the Maduro government and acting leader Delcy Rodríguez, accusing 'malignant forces' of causing Venezuela's misery and emphasized the need for clean, free elections with international support.
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Maria Corina Machado draws thousands of Venezuelans in Madrid, declares: “Today we begin the journey home”
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado on Saturday drew thousands of Venezuelans to Madrid's Puerta del Sol, where she received the Gold Medal of the Community of Madrid from regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso and proclaimed the start of a new phase in the push for free elections in Venezuela.
The trust of Venezuelans in María Corina Machado is undeniable. This was demonstrated this Saturday by the thousands of citizens who came to the heart of Madrid to receive the Nobel Peace Prize 2025, who managed to fill completely the Puerta del Sol with flags, banners and tricolor caps. "It was very exciting to see a woman who has fought so much for the freedom of our country. When she came out on the balcony I shed tears," she confessed to 20 …
The Puerta del Sol was small in the face of the immense desire to see the woman who embodies a country’s promise of freedom. If anyone has doubts about Mary’s leadership...
Thousands of Venezuelans concentrated this Saturday at Puerta del Sol, in Madrid, on a demonstration of support for María Corina Machado that was marked by a clear message: the democratic transition passes through the support of the United States. The mobilization not only evidenced the strength of exile, but also the growing weight of Washington in the Venezuelan political future, a factor that Machado itself underlined in her speech. From the …
Venezuelan opposition leader was cheered after receiving a distinction from the Madrid regional government
The president of the Community of Madrid has told Sánchez to summon "Socialism of the 21st Century" to her "guateque" of Barcelona.
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