María Corina Machado

I thank the Lord because we have a huge family, like Latin American family, like to be together, hanging around all the time.

I thank the Lord because we have a huge family, like Latin American family, like to be together, hanging around all the time.

My father was an incredible industrial entrepreneur.

My father was an incredible industrial entrepreneur.

He is perhaps the smartest and most generous and honest individuals I've met in my life.

He is perhaps the smartest and most generous and honest individuals I've met in my life.

And he taught us the responsibility that comes with that, with your family values and the opportunity life gives you.

And he taught us the responsibility that comes with that, with your family values and the opportunity life gives you.

And that's why I only imagined my life in Venezuela and in freedom.

And that's why I only imagined my life in Venezuela and in freedom.

And we grew with that sense of responsibility.

And we grew with that sense of responsibility.

But to be honest, I'm part of a generation that, you know, look politics with, you know, rejection or even contempt.

But to be honest, I'm part of a generation that, you know, look politics with, you know, rejection or even contempt.

I said I would do anything in my life but politics.

I said I would do anything in my life but politics.

And, you know, we thought that we had inherited democracy forever.

And, you know, we thought that we had inherited democracy forever.

We took it for granted.

We took it for granted.