Overview
- Israel's prime minister's office said María Corina Machado phoned Benjamin Netanyahu to express support for Israel's wartime decisions and to praise a Gaza hostage-release agreement, and Netanyahu congratulated her on the Nobel Peace Prize.
- In a new interview, Machado urged President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and other regional leaders to deliver a clear message that Nicolás Maduro must step down.
- Machado said she has been in total physical isolation for about 14 months at an undisclosed location, describing a reliance on technology to communicate while living alone.
- She denied any involvement in U.S.-authorized covert actions in Venezuela, saying such operations are run by the United States, and she called for action to cut off funding she alleges flows from criminal and foreign networks linked to the Maduro regime.
- The award continues to reverberate diplomatically and politically, with Venezuela closing its embassy in Norway and Brazilian figures split between public criticism of federal silence and symbolic honors in Rio de Janeiro.