The Americas | Maggie in the making

If Venezuela’s elections were fair, this would be the front-runner

An interview with María Corina Machado

Maria Corina Machado arrives to a rally, surrounded by supporters in Venezuela.
Machado meets the massesImage: Getty Images
|CARACAS

SHE PROMISES a “total transformation” of Venezuela. The mammoth, decrepit state oil company, PDVSA, will be privatised, as will all utility companies. “We will have open markets. We will have rule of law…This country will become the energy hub of the Americas,” she pledges.

This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Maggie in the making”

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