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Vente Venezuela

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Vente Venezuela
LeaderMaría Corina Machado
National coordinatorHenry Alviarez
Founded24 May 2012
HeadquartersCaracas, Venezuela
Youth wingYoung Vente
IdeologyLiberalism
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationI am Venezuela
Regional affiliationLiberal Network for Latin America
International affiliationLiberal International (observer)
IFLRY (youth wing membership)
Colors  Blue
Seats in the National Assembly
0 / 277
Website
www.ventevenezuela.org

Vente Venezuela (Spanish for 'Come Venezuela') is a liberal political movement in Venezuela headquartered in the city of Caracas. It has parliamentary representation in the National Assembly. Its registration as a political party has not been granted by the National Electoral Council (CNE).

History

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Vente Venezuela was founded on 24 May 2012 as a liberal and centre-right political party.[1][2] The CNE did not grant its registration as a political party.[3] It is affiliated with I am Venezuela,[4] is a member of the Liberal Network for Latin America,[5] and is an observer of the Liberal International.[6] Its youth wing is a member of the International Federation of Liberal Youth.[7] In the aftermath of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election held on 28 July 2024, Vente Venezuela's offices were raided and vandalized by masked individuals.[8][9]

Political ideology and position

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According to Vente Venezuela, the group "appeals to the principles of democrats and republicans" and "breaks from the traditional argument between the left and right".[10] It describes itself as centrist and liberal.[11][12] Analysts have variously described the party as centre-right,[13][14] right-wing,[15] and far-right,[16][17][18] with the party's ideologies consisting of classical liberalism,[19] progressive conservatism,[11][20][21] cultural liberalism,[11][22] liberal feminism,[23] and economic liberalism.[3]

According to university professor and political party expert Leonardo Morales, the "popular capitalism" exposed by Vente Venezuela under the leadership of María Corina Machado has its roots in Margaret Thatcher's politics.[3] Morales said that Vente Venezuela "aims to be liberal and democratic; it seeks to make citizens shareholders of industries through the market. The point is that they should be informed about which industries, because in a deindustrialized country like ours, workers will be the ones to join."[3] He argued that the party was trying to place itself on the political right and chose the "popular" label to reflect the country's reality, stating: "It's a disguised way to avoid the idea that they are capitalists, which reveals a lack of confidence in what they want to say."[3] Similarly, Pedro Luis Pedrosa, a specialist in electoral campaigns and political communications, argued: "A centrist liberal party that fears left-wing voters and therefore doesn't declare itself right-wing to avoid being distracted ends up being nothing because in politics those who convince, not those who deceive, win."[3] In contrast to the view that Hugo Chávez was the president of the poor, Machado argued that "being rich is a good thing".[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Norman, Kajsa, ed. (2017). A Hero's Curse: The Perpetual Liberation of Venezuela. Hurst. p. 205. Retrieved 25 October 2025 – via Google Books. María Corina Machado and members of her liberal political movement Vente Venezuela are driving the 120-kilometer route west of Caracas to Maracay, capital of Aragua province.
  2. ^ Santaeulalia, Inés; Moleiro, Alonso (1 October 2023). "María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan Margaret Thatcher". El País. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Piñero, Jesús (23 October 2023). "María Corina Machado, la dama de acero" [María Corina Machado, the Lady of Steel]. El Estímulo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2025Originally published 19 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. ^ "Soy Venezuela: una nueva coalición opositora diferente a la MUD". El Nacional (in Spanish). 18 September 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  5. ^ "RELIAL Red Liberal de America Latina". Relial (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Regions". Liberal International. 2023. Archived from the original on 12 February 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Our Members". International Federation of Liberal Youth. 2016. Archived from the original on 6 October 2025.
  8. ^ Pessoa, Gabriela Sá; Castillo, E. Eduardo; Goodman, Joshua; Garcia Cano, Regina (1 August 2024). "Masked assailants ransack Venezuela opposition leader's headquarters as post-election tensions mount". Associated Press. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Seis encapuchados asaltaron las oficinas del partido de la líder opositora María Corina Machado en Caracas" [Six hooded individuals raided the offices of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado's party in Caracas]. Infobae (in Spanish). 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Nuestros ideales". Vente Venezuela (in Spanish). 2 June 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  11. ^ a b c "María Corina Machado se pronunció a favor del matrimonio igualitario, la marihuana medicinal y el aborto en caso de violación" [María Corina Machado spoke out in favor of same-sex marriage, medical marijuana, and abortion in cases of rape]. Infobae (in Spanish). 6 March 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  12. ^ Bastidas, Gabriel (29 May 2023). "María Corina Machado explicó que su propuesta de gobierno es de 'centro liberal'" [María Corina Machado explained that her government proposal is "centrist-liberal"]. Monitoreamos (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Venezuela needs support of democratic countries to fight 'criminal state,' says political opponent of Maduro". CBC News. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2025. Machado, a former member of Venezuela's National Assembly and leader of the centre-right Vente Venezuela party, argues Venezuelans are united in their desire for political change.
  14. ^ "Venezuelan party thanks Israel for recognition, urges Jews to return to country". The Times of Israel. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  15. ^ Puricelli, Gabriel (5 August 2025). "¿Qué está pasando en Venezuela?" [What's happening in Venezuela?]. El Dipló (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 January 2024. En 2018, las diferencias que hicieron estallar la Mesa de Unidad Democrática (MUD) abarcaban un espectro que iba desde aprovechar todos los espacios legales, como aún propugna Avanzada Progresista (AP, centroizquierda), o buscar la fractura militar o la invasión extranjera, como sostiene Vente Venezuela (derecha dura). [In 2018, the differences that broke up the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) spanned a spectrum that ranged from taking advantage of all legal avenues, as Avanzada Progresista (AP, centre-left) still advocates, to seeking military division or foreign invasion, as Vente Venezuela (hard right) maintains.]
  16. ^ Azzellini, Dario (23 December 2019). "Venezuela's Oil Wealth and Social Transformation". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1764. ISBN 978-0-19-022863-7. Retrieved 8 January 2024. On the extreme right there is Soy Venezuela, with the party Vente Venezuela of María Corina Machado.
  17. ^ Ortega, Sebastián (19 October 2021). "Lula vuelve" [Lula is back]. Revista Anfibia (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  18. ^ Miranda, Rafael (3 June 2017). "¿Que ha Sido de las democracias de la segunda ola? Estudio histórico comparado entre Costa Rica, Colombia y Venezuela". Ciencia Política. 12 (24). Mérida, Venezuela: University of the Andes: 281–304. Archived from the original on 13 December 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2025. En la actualidad se ha configurado un sistema político bipolar centrifugo, siendo los dos lados de la fractura el chavismo y el anti chavismo, en el primer polo se encuentra el Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV) de extrema izquierda, antiliberal y autoritario, y el segundo polo tiene como principal autor la coalición llamada la Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD) donde se encuentran partidos moderados como el tradicional AD hasta partidos de extrema derecha como el Partido Vente Venezuela y el Partido Voluntad Popular, pasando por nuevos partidos que han logrado tener un alcance nacional como el Partido Primero Justicia. [Currently, a centrifugal bipolar political system has emerged, with the two sides of the divide divided by Chavismo and anti-Chavismo. The first pole is the far-left, anti-liberal, and authoritarian United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). The second pole is anchored by the coalition known as the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), which includes moderate parties like the traditional AD (Advocacy Party) and far-right parties like the Partido Vente Venezuela (Vente Venezuela Party) and the Partido Voluntad Popular (Popular Will Party), as well as new parties that have achieved national reach like the Partido Primero Justicia (Justice First Party).]
  19. ^ "Nosotros" [About us]. Vente Venezuela (in Spanish). 11 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 September 2025. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  20. ^ Tedesco, Lucía (14 March 2023). "Precandidata a Presidenta de Venezuela Apoya el Matrimonio Igualitario, el Cannabis Medicinal y el Aborto" [Venezuelan presidential candidate supports marriage equality, medical cannabis, and abortion]. El Planteo (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  21. ^ Delgado, Franklin (6 March 2023). "¡María Corina se soló el moño! Está a favor del matrimonio gay, la marihuana y el aborto" [Maria Corina left her hair down! She's in favour of gay marriage, marijuana, and abortion]. Impacto Venezuela (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  22. ^ Aragüeño, El (7 March 2023). "María Corina Machado se pronunció sobre temas progresistas en Venezuela" [María Corina Machado spoke out on progressive issues in Venezuela]. El Aragüeño (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  23. ^ Kozak Rovero, Gisela (29 August 2023). ""Mi meta es recuperar la democracia en Venezuela". Entrevista a María Corina Machado" ["My goal is to restore democracy in Venezuela". Interview with María Corina Machado]. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
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