Overview
- Maria Corina Machado surfaced in Oslo after roughly a year underground, told supporters she will return to Venezuela, and faces Caracas accusations of conspiracy, incitement and terrorism.
- A Wall Street Journal reconstruction reports she left by fishing boat to Curaçao before flying to Norway, with U.S. commanders alerted to avoid friendly strikes and a specialist contractor engaged by the Trump administration.
- Machado said she received assistance from the U.S. government to leave Venezuela.
- The Kremlin said Vladimir Putin phoned Nicolás Maduro to express solidarity, back his government against external pressure, and advance joint projects under a strategic treaty that entered into force in November 2025.
- Tensions with the United States have sharpened as the Navy operates in Caribbean waters and conducts strikes on suspected drug‑trafficking vessels, with President Trump saying Maduro has “his days numbered.”