María Corina Machado Parisca is a Venezuelan opposition politician and industrial engineer who served as an elected member of the National Assembly of Venezuela from 2011 to 2014. Machado was the founder and former leader of the Venezuelan volunteer civil organization Súmate, alongside Alejandro Plaz. In 2018, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women.
Machado in 2023
George W. Bush welcoming Machado to the Oval Office on 31 May 2005.
Machado at the 2011 World Economic Forum on Latin America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Leopoldo López and María Corina Machado, presenting the La Salida initiative. Juan Guaidó is behind.
Venezuelan opposition to the Chavista governments of former President Hugo Chávez and current President Nicolás Maduro, commonly referred to as the Venezuelan opposition, or sometimes, anti-Chavismo, is a political umbrella term used to describe political, social and religious movements that have opposed Chavismo, and the associated Bolivarian Revolution political process since 2 February 1999.
Henrique Capriles, the presidential opposition candidate in 2012 and 2013, wearing the tricolor hat.
The clashes at the Federal Legislative Palace (pictured) was one of the first conflicts between Chavistas and opponents, which took place on 27 August 1999, after the National Constituent Assembly, controlled by the ruling party, occupied the building, seat of the Venezuelan Congress, controlled by the opposition.
Francisco Arias Cárdenas was one of the main opposition leaders between 2000 and 2002.
Altamira Square, place where the military protest took place.
