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In an interview granted to the digital portal Infobae from hiding, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado warned that the regime of Nicolás Maduro is facing "its last hours" and reiterated her call to the Armed Forces to "facilitate the transition process" to democracy.
His statements come amid the largest military deployment by the United States in the Caribbean in decades, ordered by President Donald Trump, which includes the complete closure of the airspace over Venezuela and a naval blockade that Washington justifies as part of its offensive against drug trafficking.
Machado, recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2025, stated that Venezuela "is already ready to regain freedom" and that the fall of the Chavista regime will bring "waves of freedom and stability" to the entire region, particularly to Cuba and Nicaragua, the two closest allied regimes of Caracas.
The time has run out for you. Understand it, accept it, and for your own good, facilitate the advancement of this transition process, declared Machado in a direct message to Maduro.
The leader of the 'Vente Venezuela' movement also denounced the wave of repression and arbitrary detentions that the regime has intensified during November, including the disappearances of minors. “The final hours of Maduro's regime are bloody and dark, just as his rise to power was,” she stated, warning that chavismo is driven by fear of internal desertion.
In that regard, Machado pointed out that the military and police are the most monitored and persecuted sectors within the system because “the regime is terrified of them.” He urged these bodies to stand “on the side of truth, justice, and the Constitution,” asserting that “the process of transition is inevitable.”
The opposition figure compared the current situation in Venezuela to the collapse of other authoritarian regimes, such as that of Bashar al Assad in Syria, and stated that Maduro's historical allies—Cuba, Russia, Iran, and Belarus—are already showing signs of distancing themselves.
"It is evident that the financial, military, and political support for the regime has greatly weakened," he explained, recalling that Venezuela became "the criminal hub of the Americas."
Machado reiterated that his proposal, outlined in the recent 'Manifesto of Freedom', aims to reestablish a liberal and democratic republic based on human dignity, justice, and forgiveness. “Freedom is a prerequisite for peace. There can be no peace without freedom; that would be slavery,” he asserted.
Regarding his trip to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, he replied: “Only God knows what that day will be like. We Venezuelans have learned that ten days is a long term. We live one day at a time.”
The leader also emphasized the moral and cultural dimension of the Venezuelan reconstruction, highlighting that the Chavista regime "sought to tear apart the family as a political strategy," but that this very adversity led to a society that is "more united, generous, and resilient."
“There is no other generation in the history of Venezuela that values family and freedom as much as this one. The people decided to be free, and there is no turning back,” he emphasized.
Machado closed the interview with a message to Venezuelans both inside and outside the country: “This is a historic moment. The freedom of Venezuela will also bring freedom to the Cuban people and the Nicaraguan people.”
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