María Corina Machado will participate in a protest on Thursday and says that January 10 is “a litmus test for Maduro”

The Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, assured this Tuesday that January 10 is a “litmus test” for Nicolás Maduro and confirmed that she will come out of hiding to accompany the protest she called one day before the presidential inauguration.

“January 10 is a litmus test and is a limit for Maduro, for those within the system who want to bind themselves with their destiny, and also for those democratic governments that to date have not made a clear decision,” he said in a conference. virtual press.

Machado, winner of the opposition presidential primary, but disqualified from holding public office, reiterated her call to protest throughout Venezuela and in several cities around the world this Thursday, and called on children, young people and older adults.

Asked about the reason that led her to participate in the protest despite the risks to her physical integrity, she responded that she will not miss that date.

“This is a historic day, this is a day in which all Venezuelans want to be a part, this is a day that we are going to tell our grandchildren about,” he said from the clandestinity in which he has been since August, after stating that he fears for his life.

The Minister of the Interior and Justice, Diosdado Cabello, assured the network this week Telesur that Machado “is kind of eager to be caught,” but did not answer if there is an arrest warrant against her.

In the streets of Caracas, an increase in security forces is evident days before the presidential swearing-in scheduled for this Friday. In this regard, Machado wondered to whom the “threats” are directed.

“That parade of tanks, missiles, trucks, rifles, who is it directed at? Every day I am more convinced that this is directed at their own ranks, those who know that they have begun a process of defections to the system,” she stressed.

In addition, he said that the Maduro government “the only thing left is to put fear” into Venezuelans, but he noted that no repression is possible if fear can be overcome.

Machado, a 57-year-old engineer and former parliamentarian, added that many police officers and soldiers are making “decisions” about whether they want to be a “tyrant who represses” or a “hero who defends his people.”

“Everyone who joins this cause is saved from the future that awaits justice for this tyranny, this is their great opportunity,” he stressed.

Machado assured that Venezuela will continue to be a bipartisan cause in the United States and maintained that those nominated by the president-elect, Donald Trump, to join his cabinet are people with a “deep” knowledge of Latin America, who have been critical of the Venezuelan governments. , Cuba and Nicaragua.

Both Maduro and opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, recognized as president-elect by several governments, claim victory in the July 28 presidential elections.

Despite the insistence of the international community that requested transparent and verifiable results, the electoral body did not disclose disaggregated data, but the opposition published minutes that its table witnesses kept.

González Urrutia, who began a tour with the aim of seeking political support for January 10, has expressed his intentions to return to the country this week to take office, but has not revealed details about how he plans to enter.

This Tuesday, the opposition leader suspended his scheduled agenda for the rest of the day in Washington, after denouncing that his son-in-law was “kidnapped” while he was preparing to take his children to school.

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