A Venezuelan opposition MP is threatened with investigation for treason for leading protests.

I can well believe that Machado cannot relate to the poor in Venezuela, and I presume they did not vote for her. She was probably elected from a fairly wealthy district, but those people are voters too.

Chavistas will say that Machado is conspiring with the US to overthrow the government, but protests are not rebellion. If it were not for the country's real problems — shortages and crime — the wealthy elite would not get mass support for protests. The government should focus on correcting those problems. The shortages are caused by price and currency controls.