Overview
- In a Face the Nation interview, María Corina Machado said the capture of Nicolás Maduro signaled a turning point and confirmed she is not in contact with Delcy Rodríguez’s interim government.
- The U.S. is cooperating with the interim authorities without formal recognition, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio told senators no further military action is planned.
- American diplomat Laura Dogu arrived in Caracas as charge d’affaires to work with the opposition, civil society, and the interim administration.
- Rodríguez’s government signed a law loosening state control over the oil sector, a shift Machado welcomes in principle but questions for lacking clear legal grounding without elections.
- Rodríguez said lawmakers will consider an amnesty bill for hundreds of political prisoners, and Machado urged a firm election timeline and safe conditions for exiles, noting she gifted her Nobel medallion to President Trump in thanks for U.S. actions.