Anti-socialist opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado on Thursday affirmed that Venezuela will become America’s greatest ally in the region once it finishes its transition back to democracy after nearly three decades of socialism.
\n\nShe affirmed that the transition to democracy in Venezuela is “irreversible” but must be orderly and peaceful, stressing that socialism and corruption in the country must be dismantled for Venezuelans’ lives to improve.
\n\nMachado, the leader of the center-right Vente Venezuela party, returned to her country on October 25 after spending almost a year in exile, welcomed by a large gathering that accompanied her caravan through several Venezuelan states before arriving at the capital city of Caracas. On Thursday afternoon, she held a press conference with local and international media hosted by the Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB) in Caracas, where she once studied in her youth.
\n\nAt the beginning of her conference, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate thanked President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for their vision, courage, and actions that led to the capture of socialist Dictator Nicolás Maduro on January 3.
\n\nThanks to his arrest, Machado stressed, a “door of freedom” has been opened in…
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