Venezuela Elections 2024: Who is María Corina Machado? Driving force behind main opposition candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez
Maria Corina Machado is not the opposition candidate against President Nicolas Maduro as the oil-rich Latin American country Venezuela is going to polls, but the incumbent president targets her in almost every election rally he addresses. The 56-year-old lady would not be the president if the opposition won the poll, but she has emerged as the biggest hope for the opposition. A little-known former diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez has been pitched against the powerful socialist leader. Within a few months, Machado has succeeded in building a powerful social movement that has attracted thousands of people from among the masses.
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Why is Machado not contesting against Nicolas Maduro?
Maduro administration barred Maria Corina Machado from contesting elections due to alleged financial irregularities that occurred when she was a national legislator. A high court in this South American country upheld the government decision in January this year. Later, the administration allowed Machado to nominate a candidate in her place.
Machado gameplan for proxy rule
She chose the former diplomat to take on the incumbent socialist president. It is believed that Machado selected the unknown and nonpolitical diplomat for the highest office so that she could keep the real power in her hands and rule by proxy if he won the polls.
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Machado is the eldest of four daughters, she
