EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Venezuelan presidential pre-candidate for the opposition party Vente Venezuela, Maria Corina Machado, speaks during a press conference to address her disqualification to hold public office in Caracas on July 4, 2023. – One of the favorite pre-candidates for the presidential elections scheduled for 2024 in Venezuela, Maria Corina Machado, from the most radical wing of the opposition, was disqualified from holding public office for 15 years, according to an official letter from the Comptroller General released last Friday. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP)