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María Beatriz Martínez Returns to Venezuela and Calls for Democratic Unity

From El Nacional · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Primero Justicia president María Beatriz Martínez returned to Venezuela after two years abroad and was welcomed by political leaders, party members and residents in Guanare.
  • She called for unity among democratic opposition groups, renewed her support for María Corina Machado and said her return marked a resumption of direct work with citizens.
  • Martínez advocated free elections, respect for voters’ will, restored institutions and independent public powers.

After two years outside Venezuela, María Beatriz Martínez returned to the country and told supporters in Portuguesa that she had come back to rejoin the political struggle directly.

For me, being in our homeland meant asking myself for a long time when I would be able to set foot on it again. Today I am here with a full heart.

· María Beatriz MartínezShe described her return to Venezuela after two years abroad.

Political leaders, Primero Justicia members and residents welcomed the party’s president in Guanare. “For me, being in our homeland meant asking myself for a long time when I would be able to set foot on it again. Today I am here with a full heart,” she said.

Martínez highlighted the political work carried out in Portuguesa, which she described as a former stronghold of the ruling camp. “When Portuguesa was the example of ‘deep red,’ we used to say: if Portuguesa changes, Venezuela changes. And Venezuela changed. We did it side by side and built it with great effort,” she said.

When Portuguesa was the example of ‘deep red,’ we used to say: if Portuguesa changes, Venezuela changes. And Venezuela changed. We did it side by side and built it with great effort.

· María Beatriz MartínezShe recalled the opposition’s political work in Portuguesa.

She said her return was not meant to be only a political ceremony. “I am here not to give speeches. I am here to stand alongside you, shoulder to shoulder, to finish the task and consolidate what your children deserve,” she said. Martínez also spoke about Venezuelans abroad and families separated by migration, recalling that she was twice told she could not return after January 3 before succeeding on her third attempt.

I am here not to give speeches. I am here to stand alongside you, shoulder to shoulder, to finish the task and consolidate what your children deserve.

· María Beatriz MartínezShe framed her return as a commitment to resume direct work with citizens.

Martínez said she hoped María Corina Machado and other political leaders still outside Venezuela could return soon. She urged democratic forces to avoid divisions and maintain political coordination. “We are waging this struggle together. We are not planning, nor should we plan, any kind of rupture,” she said. She called for democracy, freedom, free elections, respect for citizens’ will, restored institutions and independent public powers, and said she remained proud to lead a party committed to the country.

We are waging this struggle together. We are not planning, nor should we plan, any kind of rupture.

· María Beatriz MartínezShe called on democratic opposition groups to preserve unity.
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Originally published by El Nacional in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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