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Who is María Corina Machado, a key figure in Venezuela’s opposition?
María Corina Machado has led opposition efforts for over 20 years, winning the 2023 primary but barred from 2024 election; she received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025.
- Amid protests after the July 28, 2024, vote, María Corina Machado was briefly detained and went into hiding, with authorities arresting more than 2,000 demonstrators.
- María Corina Machado began her activism in 2004 by co-founding Súmate and promoting a failed 2004 recall referendum, later winning a National Assembly seat in 2010 and opposition primaries in 2012 and 2023.
- Her confrontation with Hugo Chávez included the memorable Legislative confrontation where he retorted `An eagle does not hunt a fly,` and she backed privatizing PDVSA.
- A ban on holding public office prevented María Corina Machado's 2024 run, so her allies backed Edmundo González, former diplomat and allied opposition candidate, whose records showed he crushed Maduro by more than a two-to-one margin.
- Last year the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded María Corina Machado the Nobel Peace Prize, and she pledged to return soon when security conditions permit.
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Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo reminds Trump that "as he well knows" Marco Rubio, the Venezuelan people back María Corina Machado.
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