AQ Podcast | María Corina Machado Is Back. Now What?
Alfredo Romero, executive director of Foro Penal, on María Corina Machado’s return to Venezuela and what the country needs before it can hold credible elections.
Since María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela on October 25, the country’s politics feel different. Many hope the opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate will speed up Venezuela’s return to democracy. Since Nicolás Maduro’s capture in January, the interim government of Delcy Rodríguez has passed an amnesty law, released hundreds of political prisoners, and joined U.S.-backed talks with part of the opposition. Yet much of the old system is still standing. Many officials who ran the regime’s security apparatus remain in their posts, Foro Penal counts more than 300...
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