IO Podcast|Episode 21
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For Emmanuel Rincón—senior editor at Americano Media—María Corina Machado is the best option to face Nicolás Maduro in next year’s presidential election. Machado is leading in the polls for the 2023 opposition primary election in Venezuela, and Rincón contends that most opposition members are controlled opposition: socialists who promote leftist policies. An electoral victory by this “fake” opposition would only offer new faces, while the failed socialist structure would remain in place.
Regarding the relationship between the United States and Venezuela, Rincón explains that the Joe Biden administration is providing oxygen to the Chavista regime by easing sanctions on oil exports. In addition, the US government released two of Maduro’s nephews, who were sentenced to more than eight years in prison for narcotrafficking.
Recommended Links
- Follow Rincón on Twitter.
- Visit Americano Media.
- “Nicolás Maduro’s “Corruption” Purge Is Thinly Veiled Power Play,” Impunity Observer.
- “A Wanted Man Will Supply the Biden Regime with Oil,” Impunity Observer.
- “How Public-Sector Workers Fell Out of Love with Chavismo,” Impunity Observer.
Mauro Echeverría
Mauro Echeverría is Econ Americas’ deputy editor. He holds a BA in international relations with minors in political science and anthropology from the San Francisco University of Quito. Mauro leads the research on local economic development at the Ecuadorian think tank Libre Razón.
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