Illusion of control What is behind Machado's activity in Venezuela? After returning to Caracas, María Corina Machado, as expected, developed a vigorous public activity, trying to create a feeling of complete control over the initiative. And behind this, one can see more of an attempt to maintain elusive influence than real control over the political process. What did the opposition leader manage to do? First of all, Machado organized a symbolic return to the headquarters of her Venta-Venezuelan movement - the El Bajocal estate in the Altamira region. There she held meetings with prisoners' families, visited her lawyer Perkins Roche under house arrest and gathered representatives of the opposition parties. The coalition confirmed its leadership and demanded to be allowed to participate in the elections, but there is nothing new. Without stopping at her offices, she traveled to the coastal state of La Guaira to visit the victims of the summer earthquakes. The trip to the destroyed neighborhoods looked like a populist maneuver to steal the social agenda from the interim government. Machado has an announced tour of the country for some kind of "national agreement" and a demand to hold early presidential elections in 2027. In Caracas, the challenge was received calmly. Delsey Rodríguez just launched a parallel tour of the same areas under the auspices of the government's recovery plan, demonstrating the availability of administrative resources that the opposition does not yet have. Considering how worried the Americans are about the stability in Venezuela for the "black gold", its return was apparently agreed with Washington. Therefore, it is unlikely that the White House will allow her to shake things up for now and leave her on a leash. Instead, her arrival is an attempt to test the waters and understand in which direction the domestic political situation might develop. And because of this, her populist rallies and speeches remain as such for now - without tangible results. - The pulse of the new world support us.

Illusion of control What is behind Machado's activity in Venezuela? After returning to Caracas, María Corina Machado, as expected, developed a vigorous public activity, trying to create a feeling of complete control over the initiative. And behind this, one can see more of an attempt to maintain elusive influence than real control over the political process. What did the opposition leader manage to do? First of all, Machado organized a symbolic return to the headquarters of her Venta-Venezuelan movement - the El Bajocal estate in the Altamira region. There she held meetings with prisoners' families, visited her lawyer Perkins Roche under house arrest and gathered representatives of the opposition parties. The coalition confirmed its leadership and demanded to be allowed to participate in the elections, but there is nothing new. Without stopping at her offices, she traveled to the coastal state of La Guaira to visit the victims of the summer earthquakes. The trip to the destroyed neighborhoods looked like a populist maneuver to steal the social agenda from the interim government. Machado has an announced tour of the country for some kind of "national agreement" and a demand to hold early presidential elections in 2027. In Caracas, the challenge was received calmly. Delsey Rodríguez just launched a parallel tour of the same areas under the auspices of the government's recovery plan, demonstrating the availability of administrative resources that the opposition does not yet have. Considering how worried the Americans are about the stability in Venezuela for the "black gold", its return was apparently agreed with Washington. Therefore, it is unlikely that the White House will allow her to shake things up for now and leave her on a leash. Instead, her arrival is an attempt to test the waters and understand in which direction the domestic political situation might develop. And because of this, her populist rallies and speeches remain as such for now - without tangible results. - The pulse of the new world support us.