The example that María Corina gives

By: Pedro Corzo - 11/07/2024

Guest columnist.
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A paragraph of the national anthem of Venezuela exhorts the nationals to follow the example of commitment to freedom that “Caracas gave”, shows that it is repeated in the present due to the massiveness and spontaneity with which the population, from all corners of the country , supports the leader María Corina Machado in her effort to remove Nicolas Maduro and his front men from the government.

I feel very proud when I see hundreds of thousands of citizens ignoring the limitations imposed on the electoral campaign by the autocracy of Maduro and Diosdado Cabello. These men and women know that they are being identified and can be victims of repression, just like those who summon them. Despots never forgive those who challenge them. On the other hand, we must recognize with no less pride that Venezuelans have found inspiration in María Corina Machado. The work of the opposition is very complicated, especially when it faces despotism, which is why creating a leadership that represents a committed majority willing to fulfill the task at any cost is a luxury of power that very few peoples have been able to give themselves.

The commitment to freedom and democracy of this lady is difficult to find in history, and although as journalist Alexis Ortiz states, “María Corina will be the president of all Venezuelans by popular election at some point in our future” a statement that does not I doubt it, it is difficult to find cases in which an applicant with such a notable capacity for convocation unabashedly supports another applicant in order to achieve the common goal of freedom for all.

Machado's love for Venezuela is unquestionable. He has abandoned his leadership in order not to deny the triumph of democracy if it is possible. An example that the opponents of Castro-Chavism in Bolivia, Nicaragua and Cuba and even the rest of the Venezuelan opposition itself should follow.

The entire Venezuelan people, like the Nicaraguan, Bolivian and Cuban people, have been victims of an international organization of criminals who share tactics and strategies to achieve and stay in power with any subterfuge at their disposal, always preferring repression and violence.

It is easy to appreciate how these regimes share information and techniques of social control through the similarities in their repressive practices and legislation, so, it is assumed, that Cuban officials who over the years have assisted the Venezuelan repressors are currently participating in the restrictions that have been imposed on the opposition campaign, particularly in the controls to which María Corina Machado is subjected, without a doubt, a temptation for the most vile hitmen of Castro-Chavismo, because the repressors also commit crimes .

Machado, like no other opposition leader, has been able to interpret the spirit of rebellion of all the people who feel free in their country and who take to the streets to demand their rights. Overcoming the natural fears generated by a fight in which the enemy knows no scruples.

However, I confess that I am not an optimist and believe that the enemies of democracy, the Chavista Castros, never recognize the rights of others and are always ready for any hoax to keep governing and can decide, under any pretext, to suspend the elections. or disqualify González just as they did with Machado. Furthermore, the Maduro government and its criminal associates are aware of the broad popular support that María Corina Machado has earned with ample perseverance, courage and dignity, and that respecting the will of the electorate can remove them from power with all the consequences that would ensue. events would ensue, which could result in denying the victory of their opponents.

Based on this negative scenario, I wonder, has the opposition, Machado herself, thought about what to do if the despots act based on their undemocratic conditions and deny their defeat. There is some strategy on the part of the opposition to claim victory if it is rationally irrefutable. If Maduro remains in power once again, I don't think the people will believe in elections again.

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