María Corina Machado
María Corina Machado Parisca (born October 7, 1967 in Caracas ) is a Venezuelan politician.
Life
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In 2002 Machado signed the Carmona Decree , which invoked Article 350 of the Constitution, which allows civil disobedience if the state violates democratic principles. According to Jorge Olavaría, due to the chaotic events after the general strike , the transitional government that had formed was again ousted from power and those involved were called putschists by the Chavists.
Machado is the founder of the non-governmental organization Súmate (Spanish for “ join in ”; Association for the Promotion of the Constitution and Democracy) for the free exercise of political and civil rights.
In 2004, Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez published documents showing how the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) funded civil associations in the country, including Súmate, and tripled these grants from $ 250,000 to $ 0.9 million in 2000/2001. Maria Corina Machado, Alejandro Plaz , and other members were charged by the Chavez government with treason and conspiracy for accepting these funds to influence voters for the 2004 re-election referendum .
She was among the most popular politicians in the country in the 2010 general election and won the most votes.
On November 12, 2011, an attack was carried out on Machado during an election rally in Caracas. Unknown shots fired. These injured an employee of Machado. She herself remained unharmed.
In 2012 she founded the Vente Venezuela movement .
In March 2014, Machado was expelled from the chamber at the behest of the then Speaker of Parliament because she had accepted an invitation from Panama to speak at the OAS . Shortly before, the Chavist- dominated parliament had already lifted its parliamentary immunity . In May the judiciary imposed a ban on leaving the country and in early December 2014 she was formally charged with "conspiracy" for which Venezuela could face up to 16 years in prison. The Venezuelan judiciary was classified by the NZZ as partial and arbitrary.
Machado described the Venezuelan government as a military dictatorship from May 2016 and also referred to the OAS as mafia-like and cruel.
In May 2018 she met the two former presidents of Colombia Uribe and Pastrana on the border bridge.
See also
Web links
- Wolfgang Kunath: A CIA puppet? , Berliner Zeitung from February 28, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Video shows an attack on an opposition politician ( memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ María Corina Machado ( Memento of October 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Acta de constitución del Gobierno de Transición Democrática y Unidad Nacional ( Memento of January 13, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ National Assembly (31 May 2002): Investiga los hechos ocurridos los dias 11,12,13 Y 14 de Abril de 2002 ( Memento of April 26, 2006 in the Internet Archive ); "... si esto va a pasar hay que hacerle las cosas bien hechas, porque eso fue un disparate mayúsculo, técnico o político ..."
- ↑ Hugo Chavez Accuses US of Spending Over $ 1 Million To Help Oust Him ( April 2, 2004 memento on the Internet Archive ) by Democracy Now!
- ↑ Sumate TRIAL DECISION - Statement by Tom Casey, Acting Spokesman ( Memento of 10 March 2007 at the Internet Archive ) of the US Embassy Caracas
- ^ Maduros next victim , NZZ, December 4, 2014
- ↑ María Corina Machado: En Venezuela se vive bajo una dictadura militarista , May 31, 2016
- ↑ María Corina Machado Verified account , Twitter, November 16, 2016, quoted on El Nacional.com: Machado al Consejo de la OEA: En Venezuela hay una dictadura cruel, militarista y mafiosa , El Nacional, November 16, 2016
- ↑ Machado se reúne con Uribe y Pastrana: Se comprometen a restituir democracia en Venezuela , May 14, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Machado, Maria Corina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Machado Parisca, María Corina (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Venezuelan politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Caracas |