After the odyssey by sea, air and land from her native Venezuela to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, María Corina Machado offered a press conference this Thursday in which she made this clear is not involved in the plans that Donald Trump’s administration has for Nicolás Maduro’s regime. Although she admitted that she leads the opposition is “work hard” for a transition both with Washington and with other countries in Europe and Latin America.
“We are not involved at all in decisions or operations that affect the national security of other countries. That is.”Every country has its own right to self-defense and when they feel that their national security is at stake, they act accordingly,” the opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner said at a press conference in Oslo.
Machado emphasized this It’s “one day at a time” and recalled that he had often said that he would not speculate on other countries’ policies or actions.
“I don’t know if any government, in this case the United States, has a deadline (Expression), we’re going to the end” he added.
For Machado, however, Trump’s actions in the Caribbean are important were “crucial”. to get to the point where you are now, where The regime is weaker than ever“.
The opposition leader admitted that they are working hard not only with the United States, but also with the United States other governments in Latin America and Europe, to explain his plans the opposition in its “first 100 hours and next 100 days” in power in a country that faces “A multidimensional crisis.”
In his opinion, it is “not only a humanitarian crisis, but also a financial, public service and security crisis.” everything at the same time“.
“He President Edmundo González and his team You are facing a great challenge, but I want to assure you that professionals with a lot of talent, experience and honesty are working together, both in Venezuela and abroad. We have the plans and teams ready to take control from day one” said.
Machado stated that he received help from the United States to leave Venezuela, where he has been living secretly since August 2024, and travel to Oslo.
“Yes, we are receiving help from the United States government,” Machado said in response to a question from AFP in Oslo, where he arrived early Thursday after a secret trip.
The 58-year-old opposition leader was unable to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony on Wednesday and it was her daughter Ana Corina Sosa who accepted the award in her place.
Machado confirmed that she would do “everything possible” to return to Venezuela despite the risk of arrest. “I have come to accept the award on behalf of the Venezuelan people and I will bring it to Venezuela at the right time,” he said in English.
“I won’t say when or how it will happen, but I will do everything to be able to return soon and also put an end to this tyranny,” he continued in his first public appearance since January
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