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Venezuela Opposition leader Machado says won’t take part in U.S.-backed talks

July 27, 2026 admin

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Sunday (July 26, 2026) she will not participate in U.S.-backed talks with the de facto government of Delcy Rodriguez that are scheduled for August. In a…

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Fallout from Venezuela’s earthquakes turns political as opposition leader seeks return

July 4, 2026 admin

The fallout from Venezuela’s powerful twin quakes has evolved into a major test for acting President Delcy Rodriguez, sending her scrambling to prevent the humanitarian disaster from becoming a political one as her mandate as interim leader expires Friday (July 3, 2026). A day after Ms. Rodriguez angrily defended the competence of her government’s relief…

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Senior U.S. officials frustrated by Machado bid to return to Venezuela after quakes: White House official

June 27, 2026 admin

Venezuelan Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A renewed push by Venezuelan Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for U.S. help to return home following devastating earthquakes in the ‌South American country is frustrating senior officials in Washington, a White House official said on Saturday. Ms. Machado ⁠has reached out in recent…

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Venezuela opposition leader denounces ‘selective’ amnesty

March 15, 2026 admin

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado speaks onstage during an event to meet with members of Venezuela’s community residing in Chile, in Santiago, Chile. | Photo Credit: Reuters Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Saturday (March 14, 2026) accused the Caracas government of “selective justice” under its amnesty program,…

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Pope Leo meets Venezuelan opposition leader Machado at Vatican

January 12, 2026 admin

Pope Leo XIV. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Leo met Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel peace prize ‌winner Maria Corina Machado on Monday (January 12, 2026), the Vatican said, but did not provide any further details. The meeting, listed among the Pope’s appointments for Monday in a daily Vatican statement, had not been included…

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Watch: Julian Assange Challenges Nobel Peace Prize Award to Maria Corina Machado

December 19, 2025 admin

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has filed a criminal complaint in Sweden against the Nobel Foundation, opposing the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. Assange claims the award amounts to a gross misappropriation of funds under Swedish law and alleges the prize money could facilitate war crimes. He has sought to…

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Venezuelan Opposition leader Machado greets supporters in Norway after Nobel ceremony

December 11, 2025 admin

Venezuelan Opposition leader María Corina Machado appeared in public for the first time in 11 months early Thursday (December 11, 2025) morning, when she waved to supporters from a hotel balcony in Norway’s capital hours after her daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf. Ms. Machado and her supporters then sang Venezuela’s national…

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Who is Maria Corina Machado, 2025 Nobel Peace laureate?

October 10, 2025 admin

Venezuelan Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday (October 10, 2025) for promoting democratic rights in her country and her struggle to achieve a transition to democracy, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. Maria Corina Machado (58) was born in Caracas, Venezuela, on October 7, 1967. She is an industrial engineer…

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Venezuelan Opposition leader arrested after anti-government protest

January 10, 2025 admin

Venezuela Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was arrested Thursday when her motorcycle convoy was fired upon by security forces as it departed an anti-government protest in Caracas, according to aides. Also Read | Tensions mount in Venezuela ahead of Maduro’s presidential swearing-in Ms. Machado emerged from months of hiding earlier Thursday to reappear in public…

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Venezuelan opposition figure Machado wins top European rights prize

September 30, 2024 admin

Ana Corina Sosa, daughter of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, holds the Vaclav Havel human Rights Prize awarded at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg eastern France, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The Council of Europe on Monday (September 30, 2024) awarded its 2024 rights prize to…

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