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María Corina Machado

What's on María Corina Machado's mind?

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formal talks begin 30% still coming home 19% streets before the table 14% power from outside the room 11% · neweverything else 26%
#1
Venezuela's transition talks open — and her chair is empty

Reuters, France 24 and the wires all lead with the same clause: 'without opposition leader Machado.'

US-backed Venezuela talks to begin without opposition leader Machado

Reuters · 2026-07-31
our translation

she won the vote and lost the room. being absent is now the only leverage she has left — a table she never sat at can't bind her to whatever it produces.

Talks kick off without her todayvery sure · 4 sources
#2
The Machadyssey: how long does a democracy hero wander?
Exile profile, still no return datepretty sure · 1 source
#3
Both camps march before anyone sits down
Protests staged days before talkspretty sure · 2 sources
#4
Everyone's arguing about the role she plays while absent
new — Commentators debating her offstage rolehonestly, a hunch · 2 sources
friday, july 31
Draft the statement for the minute the talks open(reported)
Call whoever is sitting in that room on her behalf(reported)
Thank the marchers publicly before the news cycle turns(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

US-backed Venezuela talks to begin without opposition leader Machado

news.google.com · 2026-07-31

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