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Washington.- Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado assured this Thursday, after meeting with the president of U.S., Donald Trump, that the president is fully "committed to the freedom of political prisoners in Venezuela and all Venezuelans".
Machado expressed the message of commitment expressed by the American president to a crowd of Venezuelan supporters at the exit of the Senate, where she gave brief statements after meeting with members of the Foreign Relations committee, mainly Republican congressmen.
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The Venezuelan leader added that she assured Trump "that today more than 90% of Venezuelans want the same thing, we want to live with freedom, with dignity, with justice." Inside the Senate, Machado held talks with senators such as Republican Rick Scott, who had previously expressed his support for the Venezuelan opposition. Subsequently, Machado, before retiring, said that this morning he had also spoken with Edmundo González, the Venezuelan opposition candidate who claims victory in the 2024 elections held in Venezuela.This Thursday marked the first meeting between Machado and Trump, after US forces deposed Maduro during a military attack in Venezuela, which resulted in the capture and transfer of the Chavista leader and his wife, Cilia Flores, to New York to face alleged drug trafficking charges.
So far, the president and his administration have ruled out Machado and her opposition movement for the first stage of transition in Venezuela, arguing that the leader does not "have the necessary support" within the country. Instead, they have bet on Maduro's vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, who assumed power as acting president under the endorsement of Trump, who assures that the Venezuelan nation is under the tutelage of Washington.
