Overview
- Speaking via video to the Munich Security Conference, María Corina Machado urged governments to move from statements to action by cutting off regime funding and isolating ruling elites.
- She credited a January 3 operation that captured Nicolás Maduro with opening a path to transition, praised U.S. involvement, and said she dedicated her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump.
- Machado accused interim leader Delcy Rodríguez of overseeing torture and repression and acting as a key link to Russia, Iran, and Cuba, presenting these assertions as her view.
- She said opposition figure Juan Pablo Guanipa is under house arrest, describing security forces surrounding his home following his brief release and re-detention.
- Machado said she plans to return to Venezuela as soon as possible in coordination with the U.S. and predicted that, once Venezuela’s criminal regime is dismantled, Cuba and then Nicaragua would fall.