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This is where the comparison to Suu Kyi becomes instructive. Suu Kyi’s global reputation was built on non-violence and patient moral authority; her fall from grace came only after she took power and failed to live up to those ideals, most notoriously by defending Myanmar’s army amid the Rohingya genocide. Machado’s scrutiny, by contrast, is coming now — before she has even had a chance to govern.
