Venezuelan opposition leader says Trump, U.S. will help country return to democracy

Описание: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said on Friday she’s confident of her country’s eventual transition to democracy after the U.S. military ousted former President Nicolás Maduro.

But when pressed, she took pains to avoid giving details on her plans to return home or any timetable for elections in Venezuela.

Her remarks reflect how President Donald Trump’s endorsement of a Maduro loyalist to lead Venezuela for now has frozen out the nation’s Nobel Peace Prize -winning crusader for democracy. Still, Machado has sought to cozy up to Trump, presenting her Nobel medal to him a day earlier at the White House.

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