Venezuelan opposition deputy Maria Corina Machado touches her chest as she listens to an applause in her support during a seminar on democracy in Latin America on Monday. The President of Venezuela’s national Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, said that Machado lost her status of deputy after she attempted to speak during the Organization of American States meeting on Friday. AFP PHOTO
CARACAS: An ousted Venezuelan lawmaker hit back at President Nicolas Maduro on Monday (Tuesday in Manila), accusing the government of desperation after she was effectively fired for raising the country’s deadly political crisis.