"Not too long ago, the situation for Venezuela's "Iron Lady" looked bleak. Machado headed up the effort to oust current Venezuelan presidential strongman Nicolás Maduro democratically during the 2024 election-an effort that failed when the Venezuelan electoral commission blatantly falsified the results to secure yet another term for Maduro. The domestic protest movement she headed up also fizzled out after key opposition leaders were arrested, disappeared, or fled the country to avoid the long arm of the Venezuelan government."
"But while homegrown efforts to push Maduro out of power at the ballot box or in the streets failed, Machado has received a reprieve from an unexpected source: U.S. President Donald Trump, whose administration has made an aggressive confrontation of the Venezuelan regime a key feature of its foreign policy platform in the Western Hemisphere. American naval and air assets have flooded into the Caribbean."
María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize after leading a failed 2024 electoral challenge against Nicolás Maduro amid apparent vote falsification by the Venezuelan electoral commission. The domestic protest movement she led collapsed as key opposition figures were arrested, disappeared, or fled, forcing her into hiding while she coordinates resistance domestically and seeks support via social media abroad. The Trump administration has prioritized confrontation with the Maduro regime and has deployed a large concentration of U.S. naval and air forces to the Caribbean. Officially aimed at stopping drug trafficking, the deployments have raised suspicions that they could presage actions against the Venezuelan government. Maduro perceives American action as a possible threat.
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