A leading Venezuelan opposition figure, Juan Pablo Guanipa, has reportedly been a’kidnapped’ by armed men in Caracas just hours after his release from prison. Guanipa, a prominent leader of the conservative Primero Justicia party, was among several high-profile political prisoners freed on Sunday as part of what political allies described as a renewed push by…
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, 58, who remains confident of becoming president “when the right time comes”, even as she has been sidelined by the United States following the overthrow of Nicolas Maduro, presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump on Thursday. Trump had strongly pushed to receive last year’s Nobel…
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday (January 8) he will meet Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado in Washington next week, and he suggested she intends to give him her Nobel Peace Prize — an accolade he has long sought but did not receive. “I understand she wants to do that. That would be…
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said President Nicolás Maduro was removed from power after refusing a negotiated exit, and called for opposition-backed candidate Edmundo González to assume the presidency. In a statement posted on X on Saturday, Machado said Maduro rejected efforts to negotiate a transition, leading to his removal. “Maduro was removed from…
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has emerged as the key political figure to watch after the United States said it captured President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country following a large-scale overnight military operation. With Maduro removed from power and facing US criminal charges, attention has rapidly shifted to who could…
