María Corina Machado

Even if it's, you know, a union leader, student, or a priest.

And frankly, you know, I couldn't care less for what they say.

And frankly, you know, I couldn't care less for what they say.

You know, we know what we are, what we believe and what the people and why people trust us.

You know, we know what we are, what we believe, and why people trust us.

we have managed to build the strongest citizen movement in our country's history.

we have managed to build the strongest citizen movement in our country's history.

Starting in 2023, when Venezuela

Starting in 2023, when Venezuela

Hopeless and divided and without a chance to move ahead, we reached out to every single corner of my country.

Hopeless and divided and without a chance to move ahead, we reached out to every single corner of my country.

Look, I went with my car because I've been banned from leaving Venezuela for over 12 years.

Look, I went with my car because I've been banned from leaving Venezuela for over 12 years.

I'm not even allowed to buy a local flight ticket.

I'm not even allowed to buy a local flight ticket.

So they thought they were hurting me, but actually they gave me that biggest opportunity.

So they thought they were hurting me, but actually they gave me that biggest opportunity.

to go through my country from one point to the other and to talk to people, to listen, to learn, to understand, to get really close in terms of what we are and what we believe, to turn down those barriers the regime had built to divide us and to find out that this is not about left or right, rich or poor, black or white.

to go through my country from one point to the other and to talk to people, to listen, to learn, to understand, to get really close in terms of what we are and what we believe, to turn down those barriers the regime had built to divide us and to find out that this is not about left or right, rich or poor, black or white.

It is about human dignity.