In 2017, Europe recognized the Venezuelan opposition with the sakharov prizewhich distinguishes the actions dedicated to the defense of human rightsand which on previous occasions had been received by Nelson Mandela, the mothers of the Plaza de Mayo or the Spanish association against terrorism Enough already! Only seven years later, the European Parliament once again recognizes the same cause, this time with a name and surname: María Corina Machado and Edmundo González. The merit of the award, in any case, does not fail to have a bitter aftertaste, since the reason for which it is granted, “the fight to restore the freedom and the democracy“in the country, it has to continue to free itself.
