Trump to Meet With Venezuelan Opposition Leader Machado

U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at the White House on Jan. 15. “She’s a very nice woman,” Trump told Reuters in a Jan. 14 interview. “I think we’re just going to talk basics.” The United States said in 2024 that then-Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro lost the presidential election to Machado’s party. Machado was going to run against Maduro in the 2024 election, but the regime disqualified her. She went into hiding and was succeeded by Edmundo González. Machado said in July 2024 that González won the disputed election with 70 percent of the vote and declared him president-elect. Her party said the results showing Maduro won were fraudulent. Then-U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed....