--- title: "Venezuela’s Election- The face of the Opposition is not the candidate of the Opposition" type: "post" post_id: "6775" slug: "venezuelas-election-the-face-of-the-opposition-is-not-the-candidate-of-the-opposition" canonical: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/07/30/venezuelas-election-the-face-of-the-opposition-is-not-the-candidate-of-the-opposition/" markdown_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/07/30/venezuelas-election-the-face-of-the-opposition-is-not-the-candidate-of-the-opposition.md" json_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/07/30/venezuelas-election-the-face-of-the-opposition-is-not-the-candidate-of-the-opposition.json" txt_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/07/30/venezuelas-election-the-face-of-the-opposition-is-not-the-candidate-of-the-opposition.txt" published: "2024-07-30T12:32:39+00:00" modified: "2024-07-30T12:42:48+00:00" author: "penny2" categories: - "Uncategorized" tags: - "US" - "Venezuala" site_name: "PFYT2" publisher: "" language: "en-US" generator: "easyPress Markdown" generator_version: "1.0.6" --- **I’m definitely getting a sleight of hand vibe!** **If you’ve looked at the news on the recent election `we keep reading, seeing and hearing from this woman Maria Corina Machado`.` But she did not lead the election campaign. The opposition was led by a man, Edmundo González an 80+ yr old challenger`. Why you ask? Why is Maria Corina Machado the voice of the opposition but not the contender? Why is she the person the western media chooses to present?** > 🇻🇪 TV network made an error retrieving numbers from the database! > > The fact that 4.6% is repeated thrice and that the excess is exactly 4.6% points towards a grouping error. > > The 4.6% was the sum of all “other” votes, but they instead assigned that value to each one of them. > > ->… [pic.twitter.com/hVR7SFWnpJ](https://t.co/hVR7SFWnpJ) > > — Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) [July 30, 2024](https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1818253128526950697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > **`Edmundo González the 80+ yr old challenger` is pictured directly above** **It was reported that Maria Corina Machado was disqualified from running because of her participation in a corruption plot with the Juan Guaido- The other US/Canada backed huckster**. [LeMonde](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/01/27/venezuela-s-supreme-court-disqualifies-opposition-leader-from-running-for-president_6469941_4.html) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Venezuela’s Supreme Court, on Friday, January 26, 2024 **disqualified opposition leader `Maria Corina Machado `**– who handily won a 2023 primary vote – from seeking election this year. **The court upheld a 15-year ban on Machado, 56, from holding public office and also confirmed the ineligibility of a possible opposition stand-in – two-time presidential candidate `Henrique Capriles Radonski`** > [**Background on Radonski- notice western media calls him Henrique Capriles or they simply add an R, but, rarely is his actual last name, Radonski, included. Why?**](https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2023/10/10/capriles-and-the-death-of-the-old-guard/) > Over the past few years, it’s been **hard not to see Capriles as another iteration of Venezuela’s long line of messianic leaders. His behavior, at times, showed him as someone more than happy to play into that perception, publicly presenting himself like a maverick-prophet who would carve the path to salvation.** This latest cycle began with the very moment his party nominated him as their candidate for the 2024 election by **calling him “a gift for Venezuela.”** **Back to LeMonde** The United States and others have repeatedly called for the reinstatement of disqualified opposition candidates ahead of elections, for which a date has yet to be set. **Maduro’s government and the opposition agreed in talks in Barbados last year to hold a free and fair vote in 2024 with international observers present**. **That agreement saw the United States ease sanctions against Venezuela, allowing Chevron to resume limited oil extraction as part of an effort to keep down global prices** as the West pressed sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine. It also led to a prisoner swap. But the Supreme Court said Friday **Machado would remain disqualified “for being involved… in the corruption plot orchestrated by the usurper Juan Guaido.” Guaido, now in exile, was recognized by western powers**– **But not Venezuelans.** **To summarize it looks as if a replaceable prop was used by the western backed opposition to *“run”* in the election against Maduro. That’s some serious sleight of hand.** **Oh and Canada has been meddling for years in Venezuela. Acknowledged and admitted** ***“Canada has been supporting the democratic opposition*** and condemning an increasingly severe authoritarian regime in Venezuela ***for many years now,”*** said Freeland