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María Corina Machado

What's on María Corina Machado's mind?

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formal talks begin 26% power from outside the room 20% DC calls the shot 17% · newrecord popularity 13% · neweverything else 24%
#1
The Table Is Finally Set in Caracas

US-backed transition talks between Chavismo and the opposition opened this week in Caracas.

US-backed democracy talks start in Venezuela without Nobel laureate Machado

CNN · 2026-08-06
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the thing she spent two years demanding finally exists, so the fight stops being about whether to talk and starts being about who gets to define what talking is for.

Talks opened Aug 6 in Caracasvery sure · 3 sources
#2
Everyone Talks About Her, Nobody Saved Her a Chair
Wires led with her absencepretty sure · 2 sources
#3
Washington Wrote the Invitations
new — Caracas Chronicles maps split US policypretty sure · 3 sources
#4
The Poll She Will Be Quoting All Week
new — New record-popularity report Aug 7honestly, a hunch · 1 source
friday, august 7
Read the Caracas talks readout before saying a word about it(reported)
Call the opposition delegates who did take a seat yesterday(safe bet)
Ask Washington which of its two Venezuela policies is the real one(safe bet)
Share the new popularity numbers, modestly, roughly once(safe bet)

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

The source

Venezuela begins US-backed political transition talks in Caracas

news.google.com · 2026-08-07

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