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The priority is clear: María Corina Machado put a key condition on the table

María Corina Machado demanded the release of political prisoners in Venezuela, stating that 382 people are detained for political reasons, including 160 military citizens.

Tracked question

Can the political opposition operate freely? · Full question dossier →

linked by topic terms: machado, maria corina machado, oposicion

What would settle it: Opposition figures campaigning or returning without arrest, confirmed independently.

Evidence state: establishedas of Sep 13, 2026not yet linked to a tracked event object in our corpus — no source count yet

Machado reported 382 political prisoners, 160 of them military citizens.

She made the demand on X during the first dialogue cycle between the regime and the opposition.

The dialogue concluded with agreements on judicial reform.

A second stage of dialogue is planned, focusing on strengthening institutions.

AI-assisted synthesis anchored to a real VeraVadis-analyzed source. Cleared by VeraVadis's automated editorial gates on 2026-08-13 — not reviewed by a human editor. Archive piece: published under our earlier method. It does not carry the per-claim evidence chain — who reported it first and who is echoing whom — that our current pieces carry. The source link and the date are the original ones.