Machado Plans Venezuela Return, Says Trump’s Pressure Has Weakened Maduro Regime

Maria Corina Machado said she would return to Venezuela even if Maduro remains in power.
Machado Plans Venezuela Return, Says Trump’s Pressure Has Weakened Maduro Regime
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado waves from the balcony at the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 11, 2025. Lise Aserud/NTB via Reuters
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Venezuelan opposition figure and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado has said she plans to return to Venezuela despite security risks, adding that President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign has left Nicolas Maduro’s government “significantly weaker.”

Speaking to reporters in Oslo on Dec. 11, Machado said she would go back to the country “when we believe the security conditions are right,” adding that her decision “won’t depend on whether or not the regime leaves.”

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