What they will never be able to prohibit is the Venezuelan people's desire for change.

By Stephanie Henaro

In view of the prohibition of Maria Corina Machado' s candidacy in the presidential elections, the only thing left to say is that they can send the institutions to hell, but what they will never be able to prevent is the desire for change of Venezuelans.

Last Friday Venezuela's Supreme Court upheld the ban on the candidacy of the former candidate who won the opposition's independent presidential primary elections in October 2023 with 90% of the votes in favor despite the government announcing a 15-year ban on her running for office days after she formally entered the race and insisting that she never received official notification of the ban. 

The more than 2.4 million people who voted on that occasion - even in neighborhoods long considered ruling party strongholds - made dictator inMaduro The more than 2.4 million people who voted on that occasion - even in neighborhoods long considered strongholds of the ruling party - made the inMaduro dictator dread it - because the government's measures to discourage participation failed - and he ended up hiding under the skirts of the state.