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Machado ‘profoundly confident’ in ‘orderly transition’ in Venezuela after Trump meeting

Machado expressed strong belief in an orderly democratic transition in Venezuela despite political challenges and seeks opposition inclusion amid U.S. engagement with Maduro loyalists.

  • On Jan 16, Maria Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, told reporters she is `profoundly, profoundly confident that we will have an orderly transition` after meeting President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C.
  • After fleeing Venezuela in December, Maria Corina Machado traveled to collect her Nobel Peace Prize in Norway and handed the medal to President Donald Trump in the Oval Office Thursday.
  • Coinciding with Machado's White House visit, CIA Director John Ratcliffe flew to Caracas and met Delcy Rodríguez at Trump's direction to deliver the message that the United States looks forward to an improved working relationship.
  • Machado's Washington trip has so far failed to secure a clear role, as Maria Corina Machado cited no tangible agreements or election timetable after pressing for a swift return to Venezuela.
  • Since the January 3 raid, Trump has prioritized gaining access to Venezuela's oil reserves, while Machado has proposed reforms to attract foreign investors to the oil sector.
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The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said on Friday that she was optimistic about the return of democracy in her country after the US army had overthrown former President Nicolás Maduro. However, she acknowledged the difficulty of holding free elections after decades of autocratic rule and refused to advance [...]

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Venezuela’s opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado said Friday that Venezuela’s president-in-charge, Delcy Rodríguez, does not represent the people of her country and was confident that there will be an “ordered transition.” “I am deeply, deeply convinced that we will have an orderly transition. We are going through a complex phase. At this moment, they are doing part of the dirty work,” she said at a press confere…

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Spectrum Local News broke the news in United States on Friday, January 16, 2026.
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