There was something about the recent interview of journalist Vladimir Villegas to Manuel Rosales that did not quite land in my mind and I did not know what. The UNT candidate's open and open tone seemed even sincere because according to his statement "there was no one else" who wanted to "assume the responsibility" of registering because there was no Unity candidate until the last minute. According to Rosales, "they saved the card of the Democratic Unity" with this action a minute or two before the end of March 25 (see in Spanish Interview with Vladimir Villegas by Unión Radio, in https://www.youtube.com/live/B5W7bPx6iAo?si=bpAyY_bhIm08UUf4).
Manuel Rosales states the following in different parts of his interview: "Then I am governor, and who am I going to talk to? The President of Uganda? I have to talk to the President here and with those who govern the country, institutionally, rationally, as we have to do to get out of this"... "Ah, they want me to stand up in the Plaza Bolivar to denigrate, to say that I am going to put Maduro in jail. No, I am not going to do that because here we have to look for a transition, otherwise we are not going to get out of this problem. Fortunately, they have already understood that. If there is no negotiation here we are not going to get anywhere, we are not going to get anywhere"... "What did Mandela do in South Africa? He negotiated with the man who kept him in prison for more than 20 years, De Klerk, and then appointed him second in command. What did they do in Chile with Pinochet? Pinochet remained Commander of the Armed Forces for more than 20 years and they reached an agreement. What happened in Spain? Everywhere..." "... But I do believe that if you tell me that we are going to compete and if I beat you I will put you in jail, I will liquidate you, I will persecute your family, I believe that you will say that I will not let you do that, then that is where the problem begins. I'm not in that mood, I've never been...".
And here it was, as we say in Venezuelan, that I "fell the locha", and I realized the scandalous noise of his exposition, by the way very commented and endorsed by very respectable Venezuelans. Manuel Rosales, as well as many politicians of his generation, genuine representatives of pre-1998 politics, really believes and wants us to believe that this is not a narco-militarized tyranny, that they are just bad politicians with whom it is only necessary to negotiate elections so that they leave power peacefully, comparing Venezuelan pears with the historical apples of South Africa, Chile or Spain. In none of those countries, high government officials and the Armed Forces exported narcotics, or allied with criminal gangs on the list of international terrorism to plunder the wealth of their countries in order to remain in power. Or would Manuel Rosales tolerate those criminals in his hypothetical government?
And the most serious thing is not that. The most serious thing is that he is the type of politician that the narco-militarized tyranny of Venezuela needs to remain in power, because not even an offensive word against this situation crosses their minds, using the blackmail of reconciliation and the fear of a serious confrontation with the regime as a civil war, endorsing an electoral solution controlled by a tyranny.
And it is there where the contradiction arises in the method to solve the Venezuelan problem through elections, and that the regime has very skillfully managed with reusable pieces such as Manuel Rosales and the rest of the candidates of the electoral agreement of Jorge Rodriguez in the illegitimate National Assembly.
But, how can we reach an electoral agreement with those who deliberately use from power the institutions controlled by them to close the possibility of change in the government of the country, such as the Electoral Power and the Supreme Court of Justice? This can only happen with characters such as Manuel Rosales who affirm that they must be given "guarantees and that they will have their political space". But they make a fundamental mistake: this would not be possible in the Venezuelan case, not because an "opposition" of which Manuel Rosales is a legitimate representative does not want it, but because of the same situation of survival imposed by a criminal mafia in power.
In this context, the only possible negotiation is the one that goes hand in hand with force. And not the force of arms, but the force of the international political influence of those who have supported Venezuelans in their struggle for freedom and democracy, accompanying the force of change of the true political opposition, to negotiate, no longer the coexistence with the criminals, but their displacement from power in a peaceful manner.
But it would be a total contradiction for this negotiation to be carried out by the representation of characters such as Manuel Rosales or those who think like him. And this is practically the entire Unitary Platform. Consequently, there must be ANOTHER NEGOTIATION SCENARIO, where the counterpart of the regime is the representation of the true political opposition elected on October 22nd.
And it is there where the role that María Corina Machado (MCM) must play is transcendental, because the intelligence of the Venezuelan people solved the problem that I had not realized when I listened to that interview, rejecting the old political opposition whose iconic representative is Manuel Rosales, and giving her the legitimacy of origin.
What makes MCM unique to represent Venezuelans in a new political negotiation with the regime? This is explained by Dr. Asdrubal Aguiar in an interview recently conducted by Nitu Perez Osuna in his YouTube channel, which caught my attention, since it points out a not sufficiently studied aspect of the electoral and mass phenomenon that MCM's leadership means (see in Spanish "Hay que tener esperanzas", Nitu interviews Asdrubal Aguiar, in https://youtu.be/evfGrPKYPfo?si=FBs7b0jyVDfN2vI5).
Indeed, Dr. Aguiar indicates in that interview, that a reality appeared
that put "a face to Venezuela's pain", in a unique perspective
that explains the country's problem:
"I believe that there will be
resurrection. Obviously,
those who are at this moment in a difficult situation, in a moment, as they
say, historic, complicated, because the dictatorship closes the way to
democratic, free and plural, transparent elections, I say we must have hope.
Why? Because this process that Venezuela is going through shows that
finally a reality has appeared that has put a face to Venezuela's pain and that
has certainly put a brake on the dictatorship, why? Because it filled
the dictatorship with panic, because now it discovers the real possibility of
being dislodged by means of popular action" (Nitu interview, min
5:45).
And what, or rather, who represents that reality? María Corina Machado:
"A person appears who is not loved by the
regime, who is not loved by the party system of the 20th century, who has left
her landslide on the 21st century, who did not even leave a history of what she
has done, and a lady who begins to visit the whole country, does not use an
ideological discourse, she does not use a party discourse, she does not use a
power discourse, she does not use an electoral discourse, She does not use a party
discourse, she does not use a power discourse, she does not use an electoral
discourse, but she tells Venezuelans that I want you to go back home so that
you can be reunited with your brothers, your grandchildren can be reunited with
their grandmothers, your wives can be reunited with their husbands. That
is the essence of the Nation" (Nitu interview, min 13:30).
Manuel Rosales can be seen as a potable opposition option for the
regime, for those who wish to avoid confronting the perpetrators of this
nightmare. What an illusion! Even if that option looks peaceful on the outside,
it would be the opposite on the inside for Venezuelans, because it represents a
feeling that died for all of us and demonstrated with the votes. But if what we
Venezuelans and the world want, is to solve this humanitarian tragedy, with a
lasting peace for Venezuela and the region, with the return of Venezuelans to
their families, we must believe in the change that began to operate on October
22, following the essence of the Nation.
Caracas, April 8, 2024
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