Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is set to meet with President Donald Trump on Thursday, a White House official has confirmed.
This news follows Machado’s meeting in Rome on Monday with Pope Leo XIV and senior Vatican leadership, where she discussed Venezuela’s democratic transition and urged support for the release of political prisoners.
Machado, who was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her long-standing efforts to promote democracy and human rights in Venezuela, spent roughly 11 months in hiding under the Maduro regime before emerging in December to receive the award in Oslo, Norway.
After winning the prize, said she’d like to share or give it to President Trump following the U.S.’s January 3rd capture of the country’s socialist leader, Nicolás Maduro.
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