Fighting for Fair Elections

Venezuelan NGO comes to Canada for support

Published January 26, 2005

This is Maria Corina Machado's first trip to Canada, and the Venezuelan activist appears unfazed by the frigid temperatures. Instead, she is fueled by the passion which brought her here: to raise international support for SÃºmate, a Caracas-based NGO focussed on promoting political rights and transparent elections in Venezuela.

SÃºmate - Spanish for "Add Up"- was established in 2002 by "professionals...

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