Overview
- Speaking on Fox News, the exiled opposition figure said she will return "as soon as possible" and asserted the opposition would win any free vote by over 90 percent.
- She remains wanted by Venezuelan authorities as Socialist Party loyalists retain control of key institutions, with reports of arrests targeting suspected collaborators in recent days.
- Machado praised President Donald Trump for authorizing the operation that led to Nicolás Maduro's capture, said she has not spoken to him since October 10, and offered to give him her Nobel prize.
- Trump signaled skepticism about Machado’s path to power and indicated a preference to work with interim president Delcy Rodríguez and Maduro’s former team if they meet U.S. demands on oil.
- She called for the release of political prisoners, while an OAS session highlighted regional divisions over the U.S. action in Caracas.