Maria Corina Machado has become the leader of Venezuela’s opposition. She was an icon for many since she harshly criticized then-president Hugo Chavez, and a decade later she won a landslide victory in the Unitary Platform’s primaries, which were held last October.
The Council of the European Union shortened on Monday the duration of a renewed arms embargo and individual sanctions against Venezuela from one year to six months in light of a recent breakthrough in talks between the South American nation s government and opposition.
On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Jamarl Thomas and Melik Abdul discussed several topics from around the globe, including the ongoing Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip amid the US attempts to delay an invasion.