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Maduro rival Machado vows to return home, wants election
Business Standard
|January 07, 2026
Maduro pleads not guilty to drug charges, says he was kidnapped
Supporters of toppled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro protest in Caracas on Tuesday
Venezuela's main opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has vowed to return home quickly, praising US President Donald Trump for toppling her enemy Nicolas Maduro and declaring her movement ready to win a free election.
Trump appears, however, to hope for now to work with interim President Delcy Rodriguez and other senior officials from Maduro’s government, disappointing the opposition.
“I'm planning to go back to Venezuela as soon as possible,” said Machado, 58, an industrial engineer and mother of three who escaped from Venezuela in disguise in October to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, which she dedicated to Trump. “We believe that this transition should move forward,” she told Fox News in an interview.
“We won an election (in 2024) by a landslide under fraudulent conditions. In free and fair elections, we will win over 90% of the votes.”
This story is from the January 07, 2026 edition of Business Standard.
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