maria corina machado in caracas, venezuela, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen. it s a pleasure. well, it s great to have you on the show. for years, you have argued that participating in democracy in venezuela under nicolas maduro s rule is a grave mistake because it ends up legitimising maduro. so, how come you ve now decided to put your hat in the ring and seek the nomination from the opposition to fight in next year s presidential election? for years, we, the venezuelan people have been explaining to the world the way nicolas maduro has been rigging elections and the turning down, through control and repression, thejudiciary system, the national assembly, as well as the military and every single democratic institution. we ve reached a point in which we realise that maduro is willing to do anything to stay in power, and the only way through which we can confront and defeat him is building a huge, unprecedented, social movement, citizen movement, that is righ
and all the main news stories straight after hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. nicolas maduro, venezuela s authoritarian socialist over the past decade, he s overseen a crumbling economy, of venezuela s population and yet, he is still in power, and the opposition s big idea, the creation of an alternative government, has foundered. my guest, maria corina machado, is currently frontrunner amongst opposition candidates but does she have any realistic chance of toppling venezuela s strongman? maria corina machado in caracas, venezuela, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen. it s a pleasure. for years, you have argued that participating in democracy in venezuela under nicolas maduro s rule is a grave mistake because it ends up legitimising maduro. so, how come you ve now decided to put your hat in the ring and seek the nomination from the opposition to fight in next year s presidential election? for years, we, the venezuelan people have been explaining to the world th
gps. the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on the program. exclusive interview with the secretary of treasury janet yellen. is inflation defeated. how likely is a recession? will america s small banks survive? are the sanctions against russia really biting? i ll ask her all that and more. also highly classified documents from the pentagon. leaked on the internet. military plans in the ukraine war have been revealed. allies like south korea and israel are dismayed. we will tell you what you need to know about this burgeoning scandal, but david sanger and mark hertling, thank you very much. finally america s immigration crisis from an angle rarely ever seen. cnn got exclusive access inside a harrowing trip from south america towards the united states on foot. startling is the sheer number of children. but first here s my take. last week , i argued against banning tiktok an
global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on the program. an exclusive interview with the secretary of treasury janet yellen. is inflation defeated. how likely is the recession? will america s small banks survive? other sanctions against russia really biting? i ll ask her all that and more. also. highly classified documents from the pentagon. leaked on the internet. military plans in the ukraine war have been revealed. allies like south korea and israel are dismayed. we will tell you what you need to know about this burgeoning scandal, but david sanger and mark hertling very much. finally america s immigration crisis from an angle rarely ever seen. cnn got exclusive access inside a harrowing trip from south america towards the united states on foot. startling is the sheer number of children. but first here s my take. last week, i argued against banning tiktok and talking to peop
Is important to keep our feet on the ground. Sevilla will more than likely regard their draw with alaves as two points dropped in spains primera division. Wissam ben yedder set sevilla on course for victory in the first half, before Aleksandar Katai equalised for mid table alaves. Third placed sevilla are now three points behind real madrid, but have played a game more, and four points adrift of leaders barcelona. Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez shook hands with Arsene Wenger at training on monday, ahead of their Champions League tie with Bayern Munich on tuesday. The bbc understands the chilean stormed out of training last week, and had an angry exchange with his team mates. He was then on the bench for their defeat to liverpool. Here is our Sports Reporter david ornstein. Well, Arsene Wenger was speaking here at the clubs Training Ground for the First Time Since saturdays defeat, a defeat that was perhaps overshadowed by his decision to drop top scorer waca three to the bench. Last ni