Venezuela, opposition leader Machado has been arrested

The leader of the Venezuelan opposition, Maria Corina Machado which appeared in public today for the first time since the end of August, she was arrested in Caracas at the end of a protest against the inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro. Shortly before, his staff had announced on X that the woman had been “violently intercepted while leaving the demonstration” on a motorbike. According to the message, shots were fired.

Dressed in white and waving a Venezuelan flag, the 57-year-old who had been in hiding for months had arrived at the demonstration aboard a truck amid applause at the demonstration in the Chacao neighborhood.

“We demand the immediate release of Maria Corina Machado, leader of the Venezuelan opposition. We can no longer tolerate the repressive and illegitimate actions of the Maduro regime who lost the elections. We are close to all citizens who fight for freedom and democracy in Venezuela”, writes the Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, on