Jorge Valencia

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is urging her supporters to go out on the streets this Thursday. That's the day before Maduro's next presidential term is set to begin. And she says she will also come out even though she's in hiding out of concern for her safety. Because there is no way I'm going to miss that day, she tells reporters on a video call.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is urging her supporters to go out on the streets this Thursday. That's the day before Maduro's next presidential term is set to begin. And she says she will also come out even though she's in hiding out of concern for her safety. Because there is no way I'm going to miss that day, she tells reporters on a video call.

This will be a day we'll talk about with our grandchildren and they will talk about with their grandchildren, she says. Maduro's government has arrested more than 2,000 protesters since the election last July. For NPR News, I'm Jorge Valencia in Bogota.

This will be a day we'll talk about with our grandchildren and they will talk about with their grandchildren, she says. Maduro's government has arrested more than 2,000 protesters since the election last July. For NPR News, I'm Jorge Valencia in Bogota.