Venezuelan far-right politician María Corina Machado. Photo: Jimmy Villalta/Europa Press/File photo.
“I am going with you ” is the new “promise” of the Venezuelan far-right politician María Corina Machado to encourage her diminishing support base to take to the streets on January 9 as part of her most recent plan to destabilize the country.
Machado posted a message on social media platforms to call Venezuelans back to the streets, saying that “Maduro will not leave by himself, we must make him leave with the strength of the people.”
“I’m with you,” wrote the US-backed politician. “This January 9th, EVERYONE will take to the streets, in Venezuela and around the world.”
Maria Corina Machado’s message reveals that she wants to repeat the script of violent and destabilizing events that occurred after the presidential elections on July 28.
Ésta es la señal. Éste es el día!
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
— María Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) January 5, 2025
As the Venezuelan government has noted, María Corina Machado’s threats against the country’s sovereignty have not abated. Since the candidate that she backed lost the election, she has attempted to build a movement inside and outside Venezuela that would direct their forces to sabotaging President Nicolás Maduro’s inauguration scheduled for this Friday, January 10.
Now, she promises that she will “accompany” her followers in the streets, despite the fact that since last July she has remained hidden and has only interacted with the public via social media posts.
During this time, her demands for demonstrations have met with dwindling support: on December 1, 2024, she invited people to take to the streets with their faces painted with red lipstick, and attendance was notably thin. Machado did not appear in public on that day.
Despite the fact that the campaign appeared to have strong support on social media—thanks to bots and media linked to the right—there were few people who took to the streets with their hands or faces painted red.
This demonstrates that some sectors of the Venezuelan opposition have distanced themselves from the more extremist sector, led by Machado, which has dedicated itself in recent years to calling for sanctions and blockades against the country while promoting violence that has left many dead and wounded.
(RedRadioVE) by Ana Perdigón with Orinoco Tribune content
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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