Overview
- The Holy See confirmed the meeting by adding it to the Vatican’s daily bulletin after it was not pre-announced.
- María Corina Machado is on an international tour following her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance in Norway.
- Pope Leo XIV has voiced deep concern over Venezuela and urged respect for human and civil rights along with the country’s independence.
- U.S. forces previously captured Nicolás Maduro in Caracas and transferred him to New York to face federal drug-trafficking charges.
- Reporting indicates Delcy Rodríguez has assumed control in Caracas as many opposition leaders, including Machado, remain in exile or prison.