Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Friday her country was starting a “true transition” to democracy and would become free with support from the US and President Donald Trump.
Trump, however, has sidelined Nobel laureate Machado and backed former vice-president Delcy Rodriguez as interim leader of the oil-rich country following the January 3 US military operation that seized Nicolas Maduro.
“We are definitely now into the first steps of a true transition to democracy,”...
Machado says Venezuela will be free with support of Trump
Published 4 hours ago
Source: scmp.com

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