In a video published on social networksthe Venezuelan opposition leader draws the future of your country facing a possible departure of Nicolás Maduro from power, after pressure from Trump and in the midst of tensions after the unprecedented US military deployment on the Caribbean coast.
The Venezuelan opponent María Corina Machado has assured this Tuesday that Venezuela is “on the threshold of a new era”in which the “long and violent abuse of power” of Maduro is “coming to his end”and asked to judge the “criminal regime.”
“A new Venezuela emerges from its ashes, renewed in spirit and united in purpose. Like a phoenix, reborn, fierce, radiant and unstoppable,” said the Nobel Peace Prize winner in a video posted on her X account with the title Freedom Manifesto and filmed “from somewhere in Venezuela,” according to the recording.
In the video, almost fifteen minutes long, Machado stated that “the criminal regime must be held accountable because Venezuela will only fully rise when those who committed crimes against humanity are judged by law and history.”
He also estimated that there more than 18,000 political prisoners and spoke of “murdered, tortured and disappeared” to ask that those responsible for these “crimes against humanity” be held accountable.
Free Venezuelans
“All Venezuelans are born with inalienable rights granted by our creatornot by men. No regime, political system or tyranny has the power to take away from us what is divinely ours,” emphasized the opponent of Nicolás Maduro.
In addition to promising that individual freedom “will reach its fullness” in a Venezuela in which “power” will be returned to the people, citizens and the private sector, he assured that the venezuelan economy It will “take off” and “triple” its size “in a decade” by privatizing companies “taken over by the State” and “opening up the exploitation” of key sectors such as oil and gas.
“Venezuela will be leader in the western hemisphere“added Machado, while guaranteeing that Venezuelans “will fully reach our potential” because “the land of grace will protect our inalienable rights” against any “attempt” at future “dictatorship” or “tyranny.”
The opponent also explained that this new era must be supported by freedom of expression, the right to vote, freedom of assembly, the right to security and the return home of the nine million Venezuelans who have left in recent years.
Thus, he highlighted that “when voices are silenced, corruption takes root and justice disappears. Venezuela is going to recover its voice In every town, in every classroom, in every newsroom and digital space, the people will speak without fear of persecution, censorship or repression,” just as he asked that “the Venezuelan elections be a symbol of honor of popular sovereignty, never of oppression.”
“He heartbeat of democracy It is the right to assemble, to protest, to demand. Civic and peaceful protest does not threaten the country, it strengthens it. The rebirth of Venezuela will begin when we can meet again to march without fear and raise the flags of hope together,” said Machado, who defended “the culture of mutual respect, responsibility and peace” and pointed out that in this “new era” the armed and police forces will be reformed.
“Put down your weapons”
It was this Sunday, while the American aircraft carrier Gerald Ford was sailing the waters of the Caribbean, when the Venezuelan opposition leader also issued another communicated on their social networks.
He published an audio of himself in which he asked his country’s military to “put down their weapons” to facilitate “the freedom” of the country “when the right time comes.”
“What is going to happen is already happening. That decisive hour is imminentthe position that each one takes will mark their life forever. History, the law and the Venezuelan people will be your judges“he warned Machado.
Furthermore, Machado has claimed to “those who today carry out the infamous orders” that, “when the time comes, go out and hug to his people.”
“You will know very well how and when to take that step because everything around you will be unequivocal. Be a hero and not a criminal, be proud and not a shame on your family“Be part of the bright future of Venezuela (…) That day is approaching,” he added.