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Venezuelan woman dares to raise her voice against Chavez
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- She's the Venezuelan government's most
detested adversary, a young woman with a quick wit and machine-gun-
fast delivery who often appears in Washington or Madrid to denounce
what she calls the erosion of democracy under President Hugo Chavez.
In a highly polarized country, Maria Corina Machado has emerged as
perhaps the most divisive figure after Chavez, a woman who is either
beloved or reviled.
Machado, 38, attractive and a fluent English speaker, is lionized
by her allies in the opposition as a worldly sophisticate fighting
for democracy. But she is demonized by the ...
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