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María Corina Machado

What's on María Corina Machado's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
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power from outside the room 30% formal talks begin 24% opposition divided over talks 14% · newstreets before the table 10% everything else 22%
#1
The talks she demanded begin without her at the table

WSJ, Reuters wires and the Miami Herald all lead with the same word: sidelined.

U.S-backed talks between Venezuelan regime, opposition will begin without Machado

Miami Herald · 2026-07-31
our translation

she spent two years making the negotiation inevitable and now watches it from a hotel in panama. so the play is to own the terms instead of the seat: nothing signed here is legitimate unless she blesses it.

WSJ and wires lead on her exclusionvery sure · 4 sources
#2
US-brokered transition talks open, then immediately wobble
Start date slipped on day onevery sure · 4 sources
#3
Her own side is split on whether to show up
new — FT frames opposition as dividedpretty sure · 3 sources
#4
The July 28 turnout did not arrive
Weak July 28 turnout being publicisedpretty sure · 1 source
sunday, august 2
Draft the line that talks without her are not talks(safe bet)
Work the phones to Washington before the delegates sit(reported)
Ask why the start date slipped, loudly and on camera(reported)
Call allies rattled by Chile warming to Caracas(safe bet)

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

The source

U.S.-Backed Democracy Talks Sideline Venezuela’s Opposition Leader

news.google.com · 2026-08-02

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