Trump did not support the opposition leader in Venezuela. Media: that's what he was afraid of
As the newspaper writes, US President Donald Trump's dismissal of Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia – considered the winner of the 2024 presidential elections – was the result of analyzes of the president's entourage, as well as the CIA. According to the agency, as well as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, attempts to install politicians recognized by the US as the rightful leaders of Venezuela could destabilize the country and would require a greater military presence inside the country.
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Why didn't Trump support Maria Corina Machado?
What concerns did the US government have about Venezuela?
What does Machado think of Delcy Rodriguez?
What event took place when Machado was taken out of Venezuela?
Instead of supporting Machado and the opposition, Trump chose to cooperate with Maduro's successor and one of the key figures of his regime, Delcy Rodriguez, who, according to Trump's people, was the most open, among others. to take care of US interests in the oil sector.
“NYT” reports that despite Machado's many months of efforts to gain Trump's support and sympathy, her relations with his entourage were tense. This was allegedly due to unrealistic assessments of the weakness of the Maduro regime and the lack of a specific plan to take power. Machado also allegedly refused to give Trump's envoy Richard Grenell a list of political prisoners she wanted released to avoid accusations of favoritism or to avoid the impression that the opposition was taking part in the negotiations.
Machado harshly criticizes Maduro's deputy. “The Architect of Torture”
Despite Trump's comments that Machado lacks the support and respect necessary to govern Venezuela, the opposition leader continued to praise the American president on Monday, declaring in an interview with Fox News that she would like to give him her Nobel Prize.
Although she announced that she would return to the country as soon as possible – she was secretly taken out of Venezuela with the help of American services so that she could collect the award – she sharply criticized the country's new leader, Delcy Rodriguez.
— Delcy Rodriguez, as we know, is one of the main architects of torture, persecution, corruption and drug trafficking. A major ally and liaison with Russia, China and Iran, she is certainly not someone international investors could trust. And she is truly rejected, rejected by the Venezuelan people, Machado said. She also emphasized that she was concerned about another wave of repression by the regime after the American intervention.
