(3 May 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Maracaibo, Venezuela – 2 May 2024
1. Leader of the Venezuelan Opposition Maria Corina Machado walking among supporters at rally
2. Machado getting on stage
3. Crowd cheering
4. Various of Machado climbing scaffolding
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Maria Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader:
"Today, 87 days (from the election), we have a date, we have a registry and we have a candidate!"
6. Various of Machado showing banner of presidential election candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Maria Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader:
"A serious man, an honorable man and this is why I would like to ask all those who have trusted me that on July 28th we all go with energy, with joy, with firmness to vote for Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia."
8. Crowd chanting UPSOUND (Spanish) "It will fall! It will fall! This government will fall!"
9. Various of people recording Machado
10. Various aerials of rally ++ MUTE ++
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Fárido Caldera, 59, university professor:
"There is an atypical government and of course that leads us to use atypical strategies and we have never seen anything like this in Venezuela but is valid and legal. There is simply going to be a change in terms that are completely different from previous times in Venezuela."
12. Various of Machado greeting supporters
13. Aerial of rally ++ MUTE ++
14. Various of t-shirts for sale showing picture of Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia reading "Edmundo president"
STORYLINE:
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado led a rally on Thursday before hundreds of people to gather support for the opposition candidate challenging President Nicolás Maduro in the upcoming election.
Venezuela’s main opposition bloc unanimously agreed recently to support low-profile Edmundo González as its challenger to Maduro in the July election.
But Gonzalez, a 74-year-old former diplomat, has no plans of rallying the country.
He leaves that job to Machado, the undisputed leader behind the ballot, who easily won an opposition primary last year but a ban against her blocks her candidacy.
The turnout at the rally in Maracaibo, the second most populated city in the country, was modest.
As Machado tours the country, her party Vente Venezuela has denounced the arrests of local leaders after a rally in Portuguesa state in recent days.
The government has accused the opposition and Machado of plotting to overthrow and even kill Maduro which has led to the arrest of more than 30 people since January, including a prominent human rights attorney and staffers of Machado’s party.
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