María Corina Machado
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.
Some of the key events about María Corina Machado
- 1989Graduated with honors in Industrial Engineering from Andrés Bello Catholic University
- 1992Co-founded Súmate, a non-governmental organization promoting electoral transparency in Venezuela
- 2002Signed the Carmona Decree, which dissolved Venezuela's democratic institutions during a brief coup attempt
- 2004Led a campaign to collect signatures for a recall referendum against President Hugo Chávez
- 2004Faced accusations of treason for accepting foreign funding for her political organization Súmate
- 2005Elected to the National Assembly of Venezuela as an independent candidate
- 2005Boycotted parliamentary elections, leading to a loss of opposition representation in the National Assembly
- 2010Received the World Movement for Democracy's "Democracy Courage Tribute"
- 2010Criticized for meeting with former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, seen as interfering in Venezuela's foreign relations
- 2014Addressed the United Nations Security Council on the political situation in Venezuela
- 2014Stripped of her seat in the National Assembly for addressing the Organization of American States without government permission
- 2014Accused of involvement in an alleged plot to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro
- 2015Elected as National Coordinator of the Vente Venezuela political party
- 2015Barred from holding public office for one year due to alleged financial irregularities
- 2017Criticized for calling on the Venezuelan military to "defend the constitution" during protests, seen as inciting rebellion
- 2019Appointed as the Presidential Commissioner for Foreign Relations by interim President Juan Guaidó
- 2021Launched the "Citizen Platform for the Constitutional Emergency" to address Venezuela's crisis
- 2021Accused of supporting U.S. sanctions against Venezuela, which critics say harm ordinary citizens
- 2023Won the opposition primary election to become the main opposition candidate for the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
- 2023Disqualified from running for public office until 2030, allegedly for corruption and supporting foreign sanctions
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