Venezolanische Opposition: Nobelpreisträgerin Machado will bald nach Venezuela zurück

Panama City - Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado is planning to return to her home country in the near future to play an active role in the political change, according to a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal. The Nobel Peace Prize winner emphasized that she cannot lead the process from abroad. However, she did not disclose an exact date for her return, stating that it could happen "in ten minutes, or in ten days, or later".

Currently residing in Panama City, Machado had secretly left Venezuela in December of the previous year to attend the Nobel Prize ceremony in Oslo. Despite her desire to return to Venezuela in June following the earthquake, the U.S. government, which cooperates closely with the acting President Delcy Rodríguez's administration, deemed her request inappropriate.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently affirmed that Machado could return to her homeland at any time. Her team's primary objective is to lay the groundwork for swift presidential elections, where she intends to run. This includes updating voter rolls and organizing thousands of town hall meetings across the country to gather ideas for a national transitional plan.

Machado plans to campaign in all 23 states, according to her statements. She is also working to dispel concerns in Washington, emphasizing that her presence is not a challenge to the transition process. Machado has increasingly bluntly criticized the leader of the interim government, stating that everything she has done has been done under duress.