Overview
- Speaking at the America Business Forum, Nobel laureate María Corina Machado said, “Maduro started this war; Trump is finishing it.”
- She described Nicolás Maduro as the leader of a narco‑terrorist organization rather than a legitimate head of state.
- Machado backed U.S. naval actions and CIA operations, with separate media reports saying Washington has weighed strikes on military targets inside Venezuela.
- Official accounts cite at least three Venezuela‑linked vessels sunk with 14 dead, while other outlets report at least 66 deaths and nearly 20 vessels hit since September 1.
- She outlined a transition plan: free political prisoners, secure borders and key sites, and restore fuel, food and medicine in the first 100 hours, then stabilize public finances and open widely to foreign investment in the first 100 days.