
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado accuses foreign actors of taking control of Venezuela's institutions and resources, calling for an urgent electoral process and voting for expatriates during a virtual event marking the 25th anniversary of the OAS Inter-American Democratic Charter.
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María Corina Machado participated in a virtual event for the 25th anniversary of the OAS Inter-American Democratic Charter, denouncing foreign control over Venezuelan institutions.
There are many interests at stake regarding Venezuela and actors seeking to prolong a state of subjugation. I will be back very soon and I hope to be able to count on all of you to make your voices heard on the urgent need for an electoral process, and to ensure that those abroad can also vote.
This was stated by the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, María Corina Machado, participating in virtual mode in an event organized to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Inter-American Democratic Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS).
"The vast resources of our country have proven to be extremely attractive to actors who wanted to take control of them; actors who, in fact, managed to take over our institutions and our resources", he added in statements relaunched by the newspaper El País.
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Machado will continue to call for an urgent electoral process and the vote for expatriates
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