INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES au NEWSLETTER SIGNUP My account Log Out Sep 28, 6:51 AM AEST Business News Sports Technology Entertainment NEWSLETTER My account Log Out Australia edition Business News Sports Technology Entertainment Editions Australia India International Singapore United Kingdom United States NEWSLETTER Follow Us Editions Australia India International Singapore United Kingdom United States Politics & Policy Maduro's Hold On Power 'Unsustainable': Venezuelan Opposition Leader To AFP By Javier Tovar and Patrick Fort Published 09/28/24 AT 6:51 AM AEST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was barred from running in the presidential election by institutions loyal to strongman Nicolas Maduro AFP Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's hold on power is "unsustainable" given the widespread rejection of his claim to reelection, opposition leader Maria Corina Machado told AFP on Friday. "The regime is absolutely delegitimized..
. an international pariah," 56-year-old Machado, who has been mostly in hiding since the July 28 vote, said in an interview via Zoom. "Maduro is trying to convey to his remaining supporters that the situation will stabilize, that the world will turn the page and we Venezuelans will be silent.
And that will not happen." Venezuela's CNE electoral authority, loyal to the regime, declared a victory for Maduro within hours of polls closing, .
