Overview
- After meeting President Donald Trump, María Corina Machado said he is totally committed to the freedom of Venezuelans and political prisoners.
- During her Washington visit, Machado met members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, including Republican Senator Rick Scott, and she said she also spoke with Edmundo González Urrutia.
- Reporting by the cited outlets says U.S. forces deposed Nicolás Maduro in a military operation and transferred him and Cilia Flores to New York to face alleged narcotics charges.
- U.S. officials have excluded Machado and her movement from the initial transition, arguing she lacks sufficient domestic support, and have endorsed Delcy Rodríguez as acting president.
- Rodríguez said she would go to Washington standing, not dragged, accused the United States of restricting Venezuela’s oil sales, and framed differences as issues to be resolved through diplomacy after the reported attack.