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
maria corina machado. welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen, it is a pleasure. 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. how come you have now decided to your hat in the ring how come you have now decided to put your hat in the ring and seek the nomination from the opposition, to fight in next year s presidential elections? for years, venezuela s people have been explaining to the world the way nicolas maduro have been rigging elections and turning down through control and repression, thejudiciary system, the national assembly, as well as the military at every single democratic institution. we have reached a point in which we realise maduro is willing to do anything to stay in power. the only way through which we can confront and defeat him is building a huge, unprecedented social movement, citizen movement that is ri
review of the question of presidential immunity, whether a president can be prosecuted for crimes allegedly committed while in office. how this could affect the trial scheduled for march. and it comes after that new report in the detroit news of previously unknown recording of a phone call between trump, the rnc chair, and republican canvassers in michigan in the wake of the 2020 election. trump allegedly pressuring officials not to certify the results after joe biden won. aaron katersky with late reporting. the holiday travel crush is on. millions take to the skies and the roads, the busiest air travel christmas season ever as a major cross country storm sweeps east, ross marciano with the forecast, and gio benitez with the best and worst times to travel. a terrifying moment at sea, a cruise ship slammed by a rogue wave, sending hundreds of passengers scrambling. the war between israel and hamas, an american hostage confirmed dead, a 73-year-old father and grandfather,
presidential immunity, whether a president can be prosecuted for crimes allegedly committed while in office. how this could affect the trial scheduled for march. and it comes after that new report in the detroit news of previously unknown recording of a phone call between trump, the rnc chair, and republican canvassers in michigan in the wake of the 2020 election. trump allegedly pressuring officials not to certify the results after joe biden won. aaron katersky with late reporting. the record holiday travel crush is on. millions of americans take to the skies and the roads, in what is expected to be the busiest air travel christmas season ever, as a major cross-country storm sweeps east. rob marciano with the forecast, and gio benitez with the best and worst times to travel. the new images just coming in, a terrifying moment at sea. a cruise ship slammed by a rogue wave, sending hundreds of passengers scrambling. the war between israel and hamas, an american hostage co