Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado speaks during a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government and to support jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, in Caracas June 8, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado will be charged with involvement in an alleged plot to kill President Nicolas Maduro, authorities said on Wednesday, a move Machado slammed as an effort to silence her.
Ruling Socialist Party leaders in May accused a group of opposition activists including Machado of planning Maduro's assassination to pave the way for a coup. Opposition critics dismissed the accusation as a charade based on forged documents.
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