US EditionVenezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado Emerges as Potential Successor After Maduro’s Fall
Machado urges recognition of Edmundo González Urrutia as legitimate president and calls for Venezuelan mobilization to restore order and free political prisoners after Maduro's capture.
- By January 3, 2026, President Donald Trump announced that U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores and flew them out of Venezuela, saying, 'Maduro has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country.'
- Months of U.S. pressure stemmed from allegations of Maduro's drug ties and a U.S. Justice Department indictment, with a $50 million reward announced in August 2025 to enforce the law.
- Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado urged Edmundo González Urrutia to assume his constitutional mandate and warned Maduro will face international justice, in a letter posted on X.
- Under Venezuelan law Vice President Delcy Rodríguez would assume power if Maduro were removed, yet authorities said Maduro's status and who controls government remain unclear; opposition leaders urged Venezuelans abroad and in-country to mobilize soon.
- Looking ahead, opposition divisions focus on Machado or González, with international reactions ranging from praise to condemnation, and concerns over exile return prospects.
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Venezuelan Opposition Politician on Maduro Capture & the Uncertain Future
An extraordinary element of the U.S. operation in Venezuela is President Trump's wholesale rejection of the country's opposition. David Smolansky is a close associate and aide to opposition leader María Corina Machado. Smolansky joins the show from Washington, D.C.
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Marco Rubio says elections in Venezuela would be ‘premature at this point’ after Maduro’s capture
Secretary of State Marco Rubio tells Meet the Press that the U.S. is dealing with the “immediate reality” that “the vast majority of the opposition is no longer present inside of Venezuela” after opposition leader María Corina Machado is floated as a potential successor to Nicolás Maduro.
After the capture of Nicolás Maduro by the United States, the former president of Costa Rica, Óscar Arias Sánchez, lamented through his social networks that the US government intends to administer Venezuela and replace its “true rulers, who enjoy demonstrated popular support”: Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado.Arias also considered that the actions taken on Saturday, January 3, to carry out the capture of Maduro should open an op…
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