Washington, Feb 2 (IANS) Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said the transition away from the Maduro regime is “unstoppable,” arguing that sustained US pressure is forcing changes inside Venezuela even as the opposition continues to push for a democratic transfer of power.Speaking on CBS News’ Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan, Machado said she does not believe Washington is easing pressure on Caracas, despite US Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying the United States do…
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Dhaka, Jan 17 (IANS) Bangladesh interim government’s highly controversial and “unelected” Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus — a Nobel Peace Prize laureate — has faced extensive criticism, ridicule, and mockery during his 17-month tenure, often being labelled a “darling of the West”, a report has detailed. Like Yunus, it said, in Venezuela, Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado has not secured a public mandate in her country, and critics argue that the US support for her prize reflects an ef…
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado described a harrowing escape by sea from her country, saying she feared for her life during a dangerous journey that brought her to the United States amid mounting pressure from the Maduro regime.“There was a certain moment in the trip, in the boat, where… I was hurt because the waves were very high, over six feet,” Machado told reporters at a Washington news conference held at the Heritage Foundation think-tank.Sh…
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said that her country has reached the “threshold of freedom,” declaring that a transition toward democracy has already begun following recent political developments and US action against the Maduro regime.“On January 3rd, 2026, a new milestone was achieved,” Machado said at a news conference in Washington. “We are definitely now into the first steps of a true transition to democracy,” she said.Speaking at the…
Washington, Jan 16 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has described his meeting with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado as a “great honour”, saying she presented him with her Nobel Peace Prize during their closed-door talks at the White House.“It was my Great Honor to meet María Corina Machado, of Venezuela, today,” Trump said in a social media post after the meeting. “She is a wonderful woman who has been through so much.”Trump said Machado presented him with her Nobel…
Washington, Jan 16 (IANS) Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado said she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump during a closed-door meeting at the White House, framing the gesture as a historic symbol of shared struggles for freedom between the two nations.“I presented the president of the United States the medal of the Nobel Peace Prize,” Machado told reporters in Washington after the meeting.She said she recounted to T…
Washington, Jan 12 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has shared a photo showing him as the ‘Acting President of Venezuela’. The photo seemed to be of an edited Wikipedia page, where Trump is shown as the ‘incumbent Venezuelan president’ as of January 2026. It also mentions his actual official posts — the 45th and 47th President of the United States.This comes against the backdrop of Trump’s remarks that the United States is “working along really well” with Venezuela’s leadership, pointing …
Washington, Jan 12 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said the United States is “working along really well” with Venezuela’s leadership, pointing to oil shipments and ongoing diplomatic engagement as signs of improving ties.“Venezuela is really working out well. We’re working along really well with the leadership, and we’ll see how it all works out,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One when asked about the relationship with the new leadership in Caracas after the US raid that depos…
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Venezuela’s political crisis has once again captured global attention. On January 3, 2026, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was captured by the US military and taken into American custody.The Trump administration has said that it will oversee the South American nation through “safe political transition”.The US administration claims this move is intended to restore democracy and stability in Venezuela.However, from an international law perspective, it constitutes a clea…
Washington, Jan 7 (IANS) The US operation to seize Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was carried out without required congressional consultation and could set a dangerous precedent, a powerful Democratic senator said, even as he praised the military for completing the mission without American casualties.Senator Mark Warner, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said US forces performed “brilliantly” in extracting Maduro from his residence and bringing him into US custody. W…