Venezuela opposition leader sees eventual elections but cautions about complex path ahead


Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado arrives for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 15, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper

WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on ‌Friday 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 U.S. ousted longtime leader Nicolas Maduro.

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