Machado praises Trump, calls for 2027 elections
Venezuela's opposition leader thanks US for opening floodgate to freedom and urges next year's elections.
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- Machado thanked the US administration for opening the 'floodgate to freedom' by abducting Maduro in January.
- She called for presidential elections to be held in Venezuela next year.
- Machado criticized a US oil deal with Venezuela.
Venezuela's opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, thanked the US administration for opening the 'flood-gate to freedom' by abducting President Nicolas Maduro in January. She also called for presidential elections to be held in Venezuela next year, in her first public remarks since returning from more than 10 months in exile.
Machado praised the US administration and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, stating that their actions had set a sequence of events aimed at moving toward a democratic transition. She emphasized that the holding of presidential elections in 2027 was part of this process.
Machado criticized a recent US oil deal, saying it did not reflect the levels of transparency that Venezuelan society wants. The deal will see Venezuela hand over 20 percent of its vast oil reserves.
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