Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Friday she was confident the remnants of what she called Venezuelas criminal regime would eventually be dismantled and there would be an orderly transition to free elections but cautioned the road ahead would be difficult and complex.
Machado spoke to reporters a day after meeting President Donald Trump at the White House, where she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to him as she sought to sway him to give the opposition a role in determining Venezuelas future after the US ousted long-time leader Nicolas Maduro.
Trump has backed former Maduro loyalists, led by interim President Delcy Rodriguez, to govern the Opec nation for now instead of Machado, whose movement was widely seen as the legitimate winner of the 2024 election Maduro was accused of rigging.
