María Corina Machado

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Politics

House Foreign Affairs members endorse María Corina Machado and press for elections

Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday exited a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill endorsing María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, and urging prompt free and fair elections. Representative Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas, said she had “all the right stuff” to be Venezuela’s next president

Culture

Jimmy Fallon mocks Trump for accepting María Corina Machado’s Nobel Prize

On Monday’s “Tonight Show,” Jimmy Fallon poked fun at President Trump after Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado gifted him her Nobel Peace Prize during a White House visit last week. Fallon joked that Mr. Trump hung the medal “on the wall right next to his McDonald’s customer

Culture

S.N.L. opens 2026 with James Austin Johnson as Trump and multiple parodies

The first new "S.N.L." broadcast of 2026, hosted by Finn Wolfhard with musical guest ASAP Rocky, opened with James Austin Johnson portraying President Trump as he recapped a torrent of news. In the White House sketch Johnson held up a replica of a medal the Venezuelan

World

Venezuelan exiles in Madrid adapt as president‑elect remains in exile

In Madrid’s Salamanca neighborhood, often called “Little Caracas,” Venezuelan exiles are adjusting after the United States’ capture of Nicolás Maduro, even as the opposition’s president‑elect, Edmundo González, remains in exile and continues to coordinate from a modest apartment in the city. Spain is home to roughly 700,

Politics

Trump Accepts Machado’s 2025 Nobel Medal in Oval Office but Is Not a Laureate

President Trump accepted the framed 2025 Nobel Peace Prize medal from Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado in the Oval Office on Thursday, a symbolic transfer that left the medal at the White House after Ms. Machado departed. The meeting came amid Mr. Trump’s long-standing fixation on the Nobel

World

CIA director visits Venezuela as María Corina Machado vows she will be president

The CIA director, John Ratcliffe, flew to Venezuela to meet acting president Delcy Rodríguez, the visit coming as sidelined opposition leader María Corina Machado publicly vowed she would become the country’s first elected female president. The Guardian said Ratcliffe’s agents had reputedly played a key role in locating

Politics

Venezuelan journalist describes slow erosion of democracy and 2024 election dispute

On Jan. 3 in Caracas the author heard explosions and aircraft overhead as many Venezuelans believed the Americans were involved; scenes of celebration over the perceived end of Nicolás Maduro’s rule coexisted with fear of foreign intervention. The author argues that Venezuela’s democracy did not fall suddenly but

Politics

CIA Director John Ratcliffe Meets Interim Venezuelan Leader in Caracas

John Ratcliffe, the director of the C.I.A., met with Delcy Rodríguez, the interim president of Venezuela, in Caracas on Thursday, reinforcing the Trump administration’s message that it sees the interim government as the best path to short-term stability. Mr. Ratcliffe is the most senior American official and

World

Trump signals preference for Delcy Rodríguez as oil partner over opposition leader

President Trump this week signalled a preference for Delcy Rodríguez, a sanctioned ally of Nicolás Maduro whom he praised after a conversation, over María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who visited Washington and presented Mr. Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said

Politics

Trump to meet María Corina Machado at White House over Venezuela's future

Donald Trump will host María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel peace prize winner, at the White House on Thursday for talks about the oil-rich nation’s future following the US capture of Nicolás Maduro. Many in Venezuela and abroad had expected Machado to take charge after

World

Nobel Peace Prize Medals Have Been Sold at Auction for Millions

The Nobel Peace Prize medal has been sold at auction for millions of dollars despite the Nobel Committee’s stipulation that the prize cannot be revoked, shared or transferred. High-profile sales include Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov’s 2022 auction of his 2021 prize for a record-breaking $103.5 million to

Politics

Trump to meet Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at White House

President Donald Trump is set to meet Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado at the White House later today. Machado’s political party is widely considered to have won the 2024 elections rejected by then-president Nicolás Maduro before the United States captured him, AP reported.

World

María Corina Machado to meet Trump in Washington amid Norwegian backlash

María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is expected to meet in Washington with former U.S. president Donald Trump on Thursday after she proposed sharing her prize with him. The proposal and her courting of Mr. Trump have drawn scorn in Norway, where the

World

Venezuelan envoy Félix Plasencia to travel to Washington to begin embassy reopening

Félix Plasencia, an envoy of Venezuela’s interim government, planned to travel to Washington on Thursday to meet U.S. officials and begin the process of reopening the Venezuelan embassy, according to Venezuelans and Americans familiar with the matter. The trip would mark the first official visit to the U.

Politics

María Corina Machado meets Pope Leo XIV at Vatican to seek prisoners' release

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado held a private audience with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Independent.co reported. During the meeting she appealed to the Pontiff to intercede for the release of hundreds of political prisoners currently held in Venezuela. The encounter was

World

U.S. intervention risks converting Venezuela into a protectorate

Time reports that a U.S. military intervention removed Nicolás Maduro from power and that Delcy Rodríguez has been sworn in as interim president, a change the author warns could convert Venezuela into a U.S. protectorate governed from abroad. The article notes Venezuela holds the world’s largest oil

World

Nobel Institute: Peace Prize Cannot Be Transferred After Machado’s Offer to Trump

On Friday the Norwegian Nobel Institute said a Nobel Peace Prize cannot be transferred to another person after Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado offered to give her prize to President Trump. The institute wrote that the facts were "clear and well established," adding that "Once a

World

Trump says more U.S. attacks on Venezuela ‘will not be needed’ as ships remain

President Trump said he had canceled a "previously expected second Wave of Attacks" on Venezuela but that U.S. warships off the country's coast "will stay in place for safety and security purposes," praising cooperation from Venezuela's new leaders and the release

Politics

Trump to meet Venezuelan opposition leader who offered him her Nobel Prize

President Trump said on Thursday he will meet Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado next week in Washington, after she offered to give him the Nobel Peace Prize she won last year and following his refusal to back her to lead the country after the U.S. seizure of Nicolás

World

Trump’s Venezuela raid raises prospect of great‑power spheres of influence

Time reports the military raid ordered by President Donald Trump to capture and extract Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has been described as the starkest expression yet of his administration’s intent to reassert American dominance in the Western Hemisphere, though it remains unclear whether he expects Russia and China to

Politics

Trump says he will meet Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado

Donald Trump said he plans to meet Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, days after launching an operation that resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and after he threatened land strikes against drug cartels in Latin America. Trump had dismissed working with Machado over the weekend, saying “she

Politics

Trump’s Venezuela raid puts House and Senate Republicans on the defensive

President Trump’s abrupt move to attack Venezuela, oust Nicolás Maduro and seize its oil has left Republicans in Congress scrambling to reconcile their views with his fast-changing strategy, after Mr. Maduro and his wife were removed and sent to the United States to face criminal charges. Many Republicans applauded

World

María Corina Machado vows to return to Venezuela, rejects US-backed interim president

The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has vowed to return to the country as soon as possible and rejected the authority of the interim president who has US backing after Nicolás Maduro was forcibly removed from power, she told Fox News from an undisclosed location. Machado said her movement

Politics

María Corina Machado to Publish New Book in the U.S.

María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate, will publish a book in the United States next month, her U.S. publisher said. The book, titled "The Freedom Manifesto," is being released by Regnery, a conservative imprint at Skyhorse Publishing. It was written before the U.

World

Trump backs Delcy Rodríguez, dashing hopes for María Corina Machado

Members of Venezuela’s opposition celebrated on Saturday morning after their president, Nicolás Maduro, was dragged into US custody following an audacious raid on his compound during Operation Absolute Resolve. Hours later, at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump announced he would not back conservative activist María Corina Machado and signalled he would