Editorial: El Mundo

• The Barcelona Summit pushed by Sánchez has projected a good and bad country scheme, further polarizing the situation.
• The compliant interpretation of the 'progressive' block towards chavismo contrasts with their distance towards María Corina Machado, the opposition leader in Venezuela.
• Machado has shown a large amount of political power and legitimacy measurable in terms of mobilization, government expectation and recognition.
• Machado's stance pivoting on the claim for free and supervised elections shows an attempt to achieve true democracy.
• Against a chavista apparatus controlling all institutions, Machado claims the social majority.
• The Venezuelan opposition leader avoids meeting with Pedro Sánchez to not be instrumentalized.

Conclusion: The political backing for Machado in Madrid starkly contrasts the ambiguity of the Barcelona Summit, marking a clear positioning in recognition of Machado as the face of the Venezuelan transition and power alternative.

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