María Corina Machado

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.

We realized that we could not rely...

We realized that we could not rely...

are citizenship in political parties, and that you cannot be complaining about politics if you're not willing to do your part.

are citizenship in political parties, and that you cannot be complaining about politics if you're not willing to do your part.

And that's why it came a day when I said, look, I know how politics are doing, how it works.

And that's why it came a day when I said, look, I know how politics are doing, how it works.

I don't like it.

I don't like it.

So I cannot complain if I'm not willing to take my own steps.

So I cannot complain if I'm not willing to take my own steps.

So I took this fellowship to a program in leadership at Yale University.

So I took this fellowship to a program in leadership at Yale University.

And, you know, it was like seeing my life from above.

And, you know, it was like seeing my life from above.