Venezuela’s Machado lauds Trump for ‘freedom’ and urges 2027 elections

Author: Al Jazeera Staff and AFPPublished on: October 30, 2026Country: Venezuela

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Venezuela’s Machado lauds Trump for ‘freedom’ and urges 2027 elections

After returning to Venezuela following more than 10 months in exile, María Corina Machado thanked Donald Trump, his administration and Secretary of State Marco Rubio for opening what she called the “floodgate to freedom” by abducting Nicolás Maduro on January 3. At a news conference in Caracas, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate urged presidential elections in 2027 and said she had come home to mobilise society. Machado had fled to Oslo in December to accept her prize, with help from US special forces veterans working with Grey Bull Rescue. Since Maduro’s abduction, Venezuela has been governed by his former vice president, Delcy Rodríguez.

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