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maria corina machado in caracas, venezuela, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen. it's a pleasure. well, it's great to have you on the show. for years, you have argued that participating in democracy in venezuela under nicolas maduro�*s rule is a grave mistake because it ends up legitimising maduro. so, how come you've now decided to put your hat in the ring and seek the nomination from the opposition to fight in next year's presidential election? for years, we, the venezuelan people have been explaining to the world the way nicolas maduro has been rigging elections an...

and all the main news stories straight after hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. nicolas maduro, venezuela's authoritarian socialist over the past decade, he's overseen a crumbling economy, of venezuela's population — and yet, he is still in power, and the opposition�*s big idea, the creation of an alternative government, has foundered. my guest, maria corina machado, is currently frontrunner amongst opposition candidates — but does she have any realistic chance of toppling venezuela's strongman? maria corina machado in caracas, venezuela, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, st...

Is still in power. you've just described what you see as all of the massive negatives about maduro�*s control of your country, so is your standing, seeking to be the opposition candidate, is that of purely symbolic value? do you believe this election will never happen, or what? oh, it's not symbolic, it's realistic, and it's growing in strength and support and hope — and we are certainly not the same, stephen, as we were years ago, we, the venezuelan people, and certainly the regime. it is important to understand that maduro has sacked the country. not only the oil enterprises as well as t...

Has been destroyed. they have robbed every single resource and has our country totally indebted. debts that they cannot pay because no—one is going to invest in a country that is last — i mean, last — in every single index of rule of law in the world. so they have, right now, a huge problem. they have arms, certainly, but even the support of the regime is melting down because people in the military and in other groups do have families — sisters, mothers, children — that are also starving. over nine million people in venezuela are under starvation right now. how... so, the regime is n...