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Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado draws a huge Madrid crowd and rebuffs meeting with Spain’s PM
Machado drew several thousand supporters and said a meeting with Spain’s prime minister was not advisable after a Barcelona summit.
- On Saturday, Venezuelan opposition leader Corina Machado drew several thousand supporters to a Madrid rally while declining a meeting with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez during her European tour.
- Her tour comes as President Delcy Rodríguez continues in a temporary role, exceeding the 90-day limit initially imposed, while the U.S. government has lifted some sanctions against her.
- Some 600,000 Venezuelans live in Spain, the largest population outside the Americas; Twenty-seven-year-old Grehlsy Peñuela said she still placed her hopes for her country in Machado.
- Machado criticized Rodríguez's government as representing "chaos, violence and terror," while stating "there is one leader in the world" who risked citizens' lives for Venezuela's freedom: Donald Trump.
- Though Edmundo Gonzalez replaced her on the ballot after she was barred, Machado declined to specify when she will return to Venezuela, acknowledging challenges ahead.
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The Venezuelan opposition leader has hoped that Spain will soon have "the opportunity to have impeccable elections."
Thousands celebrate Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado in Madrid. She remains loyal to Donald Trump, but the president does not.
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·Madrid, Spain
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About 11,000 people have welcomed the Venezuelan opposition leader with cheers and cries of “Freedom!” and “Elections!” after the act in ...
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Leaning Left11Leaning Right4Center11Last UpdatedBias Distribution42% Left, 42% Center
Bias Distribution
- 42% of the sources lean Left, 42% of the sources are Center
42% Center
L 42%
C 42%
R 16%
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