US EditionSpain's Sanchez says Venezuela's Machado declined to meet him
Sánchez said he would meet Machado anytime as she meets Spain’s conservative and far-right leaders and receives honors in Madrid.
- On Friday, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado declined a meeting with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during her Spain visit, calling the offer 'not opportune,' Sanchez said.
- Machado met with conservative People's Party leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo and Vox leader Santiago Abascal, reflecting a strategic focus on Spain's right-wing political opposition rather than the leftist government.
- On Saturday, Madrid regional leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso and Mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida planned to bestow the region's gold medal and city keys on Machado ahead of a rally.
- Speaking with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Sanchez maintained that 'doors are open' to all Venezuelan opposition leaders and emphasized Venezuela's future must be democratically decided.
- Machado has established an international diplomatic network, holding previous discussions with President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron since leaving Venezuela.
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The president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, has offered the Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, María Corina Machado, to hold a meeting in La Moncloa and...
Machado has avoided meeting with Sánchez, who in Congress rejected the recognition of Edmundo González as president-elect of Venezuela.
Spain's Sanchez says Venezuela's Machado declined to meet him
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was offered a meeting with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his government during her visit to Spain but she declined because she did not consider it "opportune", Sanchez said on Friday.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has declared herself convinced that she will be able to return to her country when the time comes to hold free elections as they mark, she has assured, the guidelines of the negotiations between the United States and the Government of Venezuela.
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