Trump to meet Venezuela’s opposition leader Machado on Thursday, says White House official
US President Donald Trump and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. (AP Photo/File Photo)Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado, who won 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, is scheduled to visit White House on Thursday and meet US President Donald Trump, a senior White House official reportedly said.
Machado’s visit to the White House comes as the US president declined to back her following the US military strikes in Venezuela and the subsequent capture of Caracas’ deposed leader Nicolas Maduro, whose Vice President Delcy Rodríguez has been sworn-in as the acting president of the country.
After the US forces successfully carried out the Venezuela operation and captured Maduro on January 3, Trump said it would be tough for the opposition leader Machado to lead the country as she doesn’t enjoys the support or respect of the people.
Machado, who was honoured with Nobel Peace Prize last year, has suggested that she would offer her prize to President Trump and the Republican leader said it would be an honour to receive it. However, the Norwegian Nobel Institute has notified that the prize cannot be transferred.
(with inputs from Reuters)