The Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, María Corina Machado, stated this Sunday that she will return to Venezuela "in a few weeks" with the aim of contributing to a "smooth, sustainable, and unstoppable democratic transition."
In a video message shared on social media, Machado stated that her return aims to promote a "great national agreement" that ensures the governance of the country and lays the groundwork for "a new and massive electoral victory."
For all of this, I will return to Venezuela in just a few weeks. "I want to do it just as hundreds and thousands of Venezuelan exiles around the world wish to,” she expressed.
The opposition leader denounced that those who have wielded power in recent years "are the same ones who have tortured and pursued, imprisoned, disappeared, killed, expropriated, and lied," referring to chavismo.
Machado left Venezuela last December to receive the Nobel Peace Prize medal in Norway, after spending a year in hiding to avoid arrest.
Subsequently, he moved to Washington following the events in January when Nicolás Maduro was ousted and captured in a military operation ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump, leading to a transition process formally headed by Delcy Rodríguez as interim president.
The agency EFE recalled that during her stay in the United States, Machado has held meetings with high-ranking political figures, including President Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, 17 senators, and 27 congressmen.
According to what he indicated, he has conveyed to everyone the "enormous potential" that a democratic and open Venezuela would have to the world.
The most recent presidential elections in the country were held on July 28, 2024, when the electoral body, then controlled by chavismo, declared Maduro the winner for a third term, amid allegations of fraud from the opposition, which claimed victory for Edmundo González Urrutia, supported by Machado.
The leader reiterated that her aim is to consolidate a process that will stabilize the country and usher in a new political era, following years of institutional, economic, and social crisis.
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