María Corina Machado to President Gustavo Petro: “You cannot be right with God and the devil”

Opposition leader María Corina Machado referred to Colombia’s position, led by President Gustavo Petro, in the face of the inauguration of Nicolás Maduro, scheduled for January 10, in Caracas, Venezuela.

Although the Colombian president will not personally attend Maduro’s inauguration, he will send a delegate to represent Colombia and this is the ambassador in Caracas, Milton Rengifo.

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Regarding the decision to send Rengifo as a representative of the national government, Maria Corina Machado said in NTN24 that “I very much regret that decision, especially for Colombia, because I believe that this is a moment in history where only clear positions are valid: between justice and repression, between freedom and oppression, between truth and lies. , between popular sovereignty and monumental fraud. “You can’t be in the middle, you can’t be right with God and the devil.”

The political leader added that “I believe that these are decisions that mark the history of leaders, of governments, and in the end it will be up to Colombians to evaluate it. I am very sorry because if I know that there is a people who is close to this desire for freedom, it is the Colombian because our futures are intrinsically tied and united.”

Maria Corina Machado He also mentioned that “Venezuela It will be free with some support, without other support, we will enforce the decision of the Venezuelans and we will be able to advance along a path of reunion that will allow us to ensure that millions and millions who have left can return to their country as soon as possible. “Here we want our boys back home.”

María Corina Machado reiterates the call for Venezuelans to take to the streets

The anti-Chavista leader Maria Corina Machado reiterated the call to “all Venezuela” to participate in the protest called for this Thursday, the eve of the presidential inauguration, to which both the opponent Edmundo González Urrutia -whose victory he claims- as the president Nicolas Maduro They assure that they will attend to be sworn in as head of state for the period 2025-2031.

“We all know that this is over (…), now it’s time to complete the task and each one has their part, like an orchestra. Tomorrow (Thursday) we will meet in the towns and cities throughout Venezuela (…) and in hundreds of cities around the world,” said the former deputy in a video published on her social networks.

Machadowho confirmed on Tuesday that he will come out of hiding and attend the demonstration, expressed that “the time has come” for the “longed-for” reunion and asked Venezuelans for “serenity and firmness” in claiming the victory that González Urrutia claims.

“We are a country that has three colors and that wants its three colors united, therefore, those of you who are forced to go out tomorrow with a red flannel, I tell you, come out and come with us, let’s celebrate together,” said the opponent. .

In his opinion, the Caribbean country is “already a swollen river that feeds on each” of its inhabitants and, in that sense, he stated that “this enormous force that has been accumulating has already reached the point where it overflows and is unstoppable.” “.

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“Let fear be afraid of us, let’s all go together. Venezuela needs you, it needs us, you have to be part of history. Venezuelans, see you tomorrow, together until the end,” added Machado, who on Tuesday asked the attendees that they come with t-shirts with one of the colors of the national flag (yellow, blue and red).

The protest was announced by the former deputy last Sunday, one day before Chavismo also announced a demonstration, in support of Madurowho was proclaimed winner of the July elections by the electoral body, controlled by Chavismo, based on results that are still unknown in a breakdown, despite the fact that the entity’s official schedule established their publication.

For its part, the majority opposition, which denounced fraud, claims the victory of Gonzalez Urrutiawho is carrying out a tour of American countries before – he insists – returning to Venezuela, where he left last September to request asylum in Spain.