In Qatar-mediated talks, Machado was not part of US plan for post-Maduro Venezuela, Qatari source says
US and Venezuelan officials discussed a post-Maduro transition in Qatar, but the plan excluded Maria Corina Machado, a source said.
- In the months before the US raid to capture Maduro, United States and Venezuelan officials held Qatar-mediated talks on a post-Maduro transition that notably excluded opposition leader Maria Corina Machado from any role.
- Qatar positioned itself as a mediator between Washington and Caracas at the request of both sides, facilitating discussions that included a potential transition of power.
- Shortly after Maduro's capture, President Donald Trump told reporters he didn't think Machado had the "support" within Venezuela necessary to lead a transition; White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt later confirmed Trump's position had not changed.
- Instead of Machado, the Trump administration allowed Vice President Delcy Rodríguez to assume the presidency, while Maduro and Cilia Flores remain jailed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
- Vice President Delcy Rodríguez previously engaged in contacts with the US through Doha, and the US government recently allowed Venezuela to fund the couple's defense as the case proceeds slowly.
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In the months before the United States launched a military operation in January to capture Venezuela's former president Nicolás Maduro...
The exclusion of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado from the supposed political transition plans promoted by the United States for a post-Maduro Venezuela has generated questions within the Venezuelan political scenario. According to a source linked to Qatar cited by international media, Machado would not have been considered within the reserved talks held between US representatives and Venezuelan official actors on a possible cha…
María Corina Machado Was Not Considered in the U.S. Plan After Maduro's Extraction, According to CNN
A Qatari source revealed to CNN that Machado was never considered in talks between the U.S. and Venezuela about the post-Maduro transition mediated by Qatar.
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