Orlando Avendaño wrote that María Corina Machado spent her birthday in exile, after the regime allegedly kept her in hiding for months before she escaped by sea. He described her as the woman with the greatest legitimacy and popular support in the history of Venezuela and linked her exile to that of millions of Venezuelans who, he claimed, had settled outside the country due to persecution. Avendaño said that hundreds of thousands celebrated Machado because she had restored hope to them after years of apathy and believing that Venezuela had no solution. He attributed that change to her campaign in 2023 and 2024, which, he wrote, awakened the country. He also noted that Machado had not been able to return despite having tried seven times that year. He characterized that situation as a disregard for the majority of Venezuelans and stated that she would come back. #Venezuela #Exilio #MaríaCorinaMachado (translated)







