Far-right Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado presented a 100-day plan to guarantee profits for US companies in Venezuela. Photo: AS/COA.
Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com)—Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello made a series of accusations against far-right politician María Corina Machado during his weekly program Con El Mazo Dando on Wednesday. He revealed that the government possesses videos showing how she fled the country.
Cabello stated that Venezuelan security agencies have information and evidence detailing Machado’s departure from national territory as she planned to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony scheduled for December 10 in Oslo, Norway.
“We have videos, recordings, audios, and other things, so that later they cannot say it was an extraction operation like they said with the people from Vente Venezuela who were in the Argentinian embassy in Caracas,” he added.
Mainstream media and the Nobel Peace Prize committee itself claim Machado is a hero for supposedly remaining in Venezuela despite the alleged repressive nature of the government. However, the evidence shows that the Venezuelan government knows exactly where she is.
Minister Cabello also linked Machado to a group of Colombian paramilitaries that recently launched terrorist bombings in Colombia near the Venezuelan border. According to Cabello, these individuals were allegedly hired by María Corina Machado to enter Venezuela and carry out terrorist acts in December.
Political landscape and oil target
Despite reports claiming a collapse of the Venezuelan military due to an unprecedented US military build-up in the region, with over 15,000 troops and warships, or massive far-right protests aiming to destabilize the Chavista government, none of these scenarios have materialized. Many point to the poor condition of the Venezuelan far-right opposition, with Machado seen as the main reason for its dispersion and unprecedented fragmentation.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, President Nicolás Maduro said that the country will reach a production target of 1.2 million barrels of oil per day, an objective driven by the Venezuelan oil workers.
The information was released during a televised ceremony in preparation for the Constituent Congress of the Working Class, where President Maduro emphasized crucial progress in energy matters.
“The first gas shipment to Colombia is ready at the border, pending only some technical and financial details before dispatch,” he said. This announcement underscores Venezuela’s commitment to recovering its oil production capacity and beginning a new phase in gas supplies to the region, strengthening bilateral integration after Trinidad and Tobago was separated from the gas agreements negotiated with Venezuela for several years.
Petro’s post
Maduro noted that this is only the beginning, as Venezuela and Colombia must become increasingly united in an integrated, prosperous economy with growing binational trade and investment. He reiterated the need for them to remain guided by the Bolivarian vision of emancipation, freedom, peace, and mutual respect.
However, on Thursday night, Colombian President Gustavo Petro wrote a social media post intervening in Venezuelan internal affairs, a move that many analysts consider an attempt to position himself better in front of the US.
Petro called for a “shared transition government” in Venezuela, alleging that one sector cannot impose itself on another. Analysts consider that Petro’s understanding of Venezuela’s political reality is not rooted in the actual correlation of forces within the country.
They claim that Petro’s proposal is particularly counter-productive, considering fake news circulating on social media about an alleged negotiation between President Maduro and the US government for an imaginary safe way out of power.
Special for Orinoco Tribune by staff
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