Overview
- A White House official confirmed President Donald Trump will meet Nobel laureate María Corina Machado on Thursday in Washington.
- The Norwegian Nobel Institute stated her 2025 Peace Prize cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred after Machado suggested giving it to Trump.
- Machado held a private audience with Pope Leo XIV on Monday as part of her outreach to shape Venezuela’s political transition.
- Trump has praised the U.S. operation that captured Nicolás Maduro but says Machado lacks sufficient support in Venezuela and has not endorsed her to lead.
- Following Maduro’s capture and transfer to New York on U.S. charges, Vice President Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as acting president, and Washington is weighing next steps in the transition and oil sector talks.