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Venezuela's Machado Backs Trump’s Military Action Against Maduro

10/28/2025

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Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, endorses U.S. President Donald Trump's military actions against drug smuggling linked to Nicolás Maduro.
She says Trump is stopping the war Maduro started.
Machado calls for decisive action to dismantle Maduro's networks.
She envisions Venezuela becoming a security partner for the United States.
She notes that 90% of the population desires peace.

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Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, endorses U.S. President Donald Trump's military actions against drug smuggling linked to Nicolás Maduro.
She says Trump is stopping the war Maduro started.
Machado calls for decisive action to dismantle Maduro's networks.
She envisions Venezuela becoming a security partner for the United States.
She notes that 90% of the population desires peace.