The government of Venezuela initiated an investigation against María Corina Machado for “Treason to the country”

In detail, the House of Representatives of the United States approved a bill that prevents any business or contracting by the United States government of people or companies that have commercial ties with “the illegitimate government of Nicolás Maduro” or with “any successor government of Maduro in Venezuela, which is not recognized as legitimate by the United States.” The Venezuelan institution described the US initiative as a “legal eyesore“.

The investigation against María Corina Machado

According to an official statement from the Prosecutor’s Office, US legislation seeks expand sanctions against Venezuela and contains elements considered offensive towards the historical figure of Simón Bolívar. In this scenario, the organization targeted the public statements of Machado in support of this regulation.

Regarding the US legislative text, Machado used his social networks to celebrate what the congressmen voted for and urged the senators to do the same: “The Bolívar law (officially the Law for the Prohibition of Operations and Leases with the Illegitimate Authoritarian Regime of Venezuela) sends a clear message to the regime: repression and criminal activities have consequences and no one will be able to normalize them”, he detailed.

According to them, this support implies a possible commission of the crimes of treasonconspiracy with foreign countries and association to commit a crime. These crimes are classified in the Articles 128 and 132 of the Venezuelan Penal Codeas well as in article 37 of the Law against Organized Crime.

The official text also highlights that the actions promoted by the leader and other sectors of the opposition represent a “attack against stability and national sovereignty”. In this context, the Public Ministry He reiterated his commitment to guarantee justice and defend the independence and peace of the Republic.

“We remain firm in the fight against any person, group or entity, national or international, that threatens the stability of the country,” the institution said. Previously, President Nicolás Maduro had reported that Machado He would have fled the country to avoid facing other judicial proceedings against him.

The United States House of Representatives approved a law against the Maduro regime

The House of Representatives validated a bill – which gained the support of both Republicans and Democrats – that prohibits it from being carried out any business or contracting by the United States Government of persons or companies that have commercial ties with “the illegitimate government of Nicolás Maduro” or with “any successor government of Maduro in Venezuela, which is not recognized as legitimate by the United States”. In this way, the legislative text joins the already existing initiatives and sanctions against the government of Nicolás Maduro.

The Bolivar Lawofficially baptized as the Law for the Prohibition of Operations and Leases with the Illegitimate Authoritarian Regime of Venezuela, was promoted by the legislators of the state of Florida: the Republican Mike Waltz and the Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

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In this way, Waltz stated that the project seeks to “maintain the existing sanctions against the regime and seek to expand them to minimize Maduro’s resources to abuse the freedoms and prosperity of the Venezuelan people.” In his defense of the project, the Republican He denounced that the Venezuelan ruling party “committed fraud and declared itself the winner” during the 2024 elections and that, in this way, the Venezuelan government “mocked and ignored the electoral will of the Venezuelan peopleinciting violent actions against the democratic opposition.”

After this, Waltz concluded: “This legislation sends a clear and powerful message to Maduroas well as other dictators around the world, that there will be no appeasement, there will be no tolerance, there will be no reward for their illegal and dishonest actions.

In Caracas The law was not well received. The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry issued a statement after the resolution of the US Congress was announced, in which it described the initiative as a “criminal attack” and charged against Washington for its stance against the country.

“Shamelessly They have given him the acronym Bolívar, in an offense against the greatest genius in American historywho dedicated his life to defeating imperialism and colonialism, anti-values ​​contained in this new criminal attack,” the government denounced through the Foreign Ministry.