The United States has threatened to renew sanctions it previously lifted against Venezuela’s oil sector, just days after the communist country’s Supreme Court refused to overturn a ban against opposition leader and presidential candidate María Corina Machado.
Machado has widely been recognized as Juan Guaido’s successor and has rallied support from a coalition of opposition organizations throughout Venezuela. Last year, she handedly won an October primary and was named the opposition’s “unity candidate” to challenge Nicolas Maduro in the upcoming 2024 presidential election.
Last week, ADN reported that her campaign raised concerns that the Maduro regime had kidnapped two of its campaign managers and vandalized 10 of its offices throughout the nation.