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Venezuela: Inhabilitan a María Corina Machado para enfrentarse a Nicolás Maduro / Venezuela’s top court upholds ban on opposition candidate

El Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ, línea oficialista), tomó la decisión dentro de un mecanismo creado bajo presión de Estados Unidos para que los inhabilitados que “aspiran a postularse” a las presidenciales de 2024 pudieran impugnar la sanción, en medio de los acuerdos suscritos en Barbados por gobierno y oposición en un proceso de negociación que media Noruega.

Más temprano ratificó igualmente la inhabilitación de Henrique Capriles, que enfrentó al expresidente Hugo Chávez en 2012 y un año después a Maduro.

Las inhabilitaciones políticas son una vieja arma del chavismo para sacar del medio a sus rivales. Las impone la Contraloría, facultada por ley para tomar medidas contra funcionarios bajo investigación, aunque la Constitución establece que solo una sentencia judicial “definitivamente firme” impide aspirar a la presidencia.

“El régimen decidió acabar con el Acuerdo de Barbados”, fustigó Machado, que se impuso en las primarias de octubre con más de 2 millones de votos (92% del total).

“Lo que no se acaba es nuestra lucha por la conquista de la democracia a través de elecciones libres y limpias. Maduro y su sistema criminal escogieron el peor camino para ellos: unas elecciones fraudulentas. Eso no va a pasar”, agregó.

Guaidó, hoy en el exilio, fue reconocido como presidente encargado del país por más de 60 países, incluido Estados Unidos, que presionaron con sanciones la caída sin éxito de Maduro.

(Con la AFP)

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Maria Corina Machado won the opposition’s primary election by a landslide last year. But she has been banned from holding office for 15 years after authorities linked her to exiled Juan Guaido.

Venezuela’s Supreme Court upheld a ban on Friday that prevents opposition leader Maria Corina Machado from running for president.

The ruling is a blow for the prospect of free elections in the country later this year — a key condition of a normalization deal signed with the US last October.

Machado had already been banned from holding public office for 15 years, and on Friday the court said she would remain disqualified “for being involved… in the corruption plot orchestrated by the usurper Juan Guaido.”

Guaido had claimed to be the legitimate interim president of Venezuela in 2019 and was recognized by some foreign governments as such, but he was forced into exile in 2023.

Machado slammed the ruling on Friday.

“Maduro and his criminal system chose the worst path for them: fraudulent elections. That’s not going to happen. Let no one doubt it, this is to the end,” she said on social media.

Who is Maria Corina Machado?

Machado, a former lawmaker and industrial engineer, who handily won the opposition’s primary election with more than 90% of the vote.

Because the primary was organised independently of Venezuela’s electoral authorities, she had been able to run despite the 15-year ban on holding office.

Machado insisted throughout the campaign that authorities had had not officially notified her of the ban.

Following this, she took her case to the Supreme Tribunal of Justice in December to argue that the ban was null and void, and sought an injunction to protect her political rights.

Friday’s decision also confirmed the disqualification of two-time presidential candidate Henrique Capriles, who was seen as a possible stand-in for the opposition.

zc/kb (AP, AFP, Reuters)

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