WASHINGTON - Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Friday (Jan 16) she was confident that the remnants of what she called Venezuela s criminal regime would eventually be dismantled and there would be an orderly transition to free elections, but cautioned that the road ahead would be difficult and complex.Machado spoke to reporters a day after meeting President Donald Trump at the White House, where she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to him as she sought to sway him to give the opposition a role in determining Venezuela s future after the US ousted longtime leader Nicolas Maduro.Trump has backed former Maduro loyalists, led by interim President Delcy Rodriguez, to govern the OPEC nation for now instead of Machado, whose movement was widely seen as the legitimate winner of the 2024 election that Maduro was accused of rigging.Confident of orderly move to elections Since the Jan 3 lightning raid that toppled Maduro, Trump has prioritised gaining access to Venezuela s vast oil reserves, not restoring democracy to Venezuela, and made clear he sees the current leadership as the best bet for maintaining order.
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