María Corina Machado

And a group of friends, all engineers, decided that we will work to gather petitions for a recall referendum.

And a group of friends, all engineers, decided that we will work to gather petitions for a recall referendum.

We thought it was going to be like a super easy task to get, you know, 6 million petitions in a few weeks.

We thought it was going to be like a super easy task to get, you know, 6 million petitions in a few weeks.

And, you know, we learned the hard way it would require.

And, you know, we learned the hard way it would require.

totally new kind of citizen organization.

totally new kind of citizen organization.

And that's how Subate Witness joined up, finally managed to gather the petitions in just one day.

And that's how Subate Witness joined up, finally managed to gather the petitions in just one day.

Millions of people came out and signed these petitions.

Millions of people came out and signed these petitions.

It's a long story.

It's a long story.

Chávez eventually committed fraud in the referendum.

Chávez eventually committed fraud in the referendum.

and stayed empowered and got even more and more autocratic as the years passed by.

and stayed empowered and got even more and more autocratic as the years passed by.

Sumate was like an awakening for me and for many Venezuelans.

Sumate was like an awakening for me and for many Venezuelans.