Overview
- In a video published Sunday, María Corina Machado said she will return "in a few weeks" to help "guarantee an orderly, permanent transition to democracy."
- The 58-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate left Venezuela late last year to receive the award in Oslo and has since lived mostly in the United States.
- Nicolás Maduro was seized in a U.S. military operation in January and is being held in New York to face 'drug-terrorism' charges.
- Venezuela's Supreme Court installed Delcy Rodríguez as interim president as Washington seeks cooperation and access to oil alongside an amnesty push that may not cover Machado.
- Machado urged supporters to prepare for a "new and gigantic" electoral victory as student protests for democracy and the release of political prisoners continue.