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Venezuela's Machado meets Trump, presents Nobel Peace Prize to him
Venezuela’s Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump during their meeting
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday (January 16, 2026) even as he has questioned her credibility to take over her country after the U.S. ousted then-President Nicolás Maduro.
The Nobel Institute has said Ms. Machado could not give her prize to Mr. Trump, an honor that he has coveted. Even if it the gesture proves to be purely symbolic, it was extraordinary given that Mr. Trump has effectively sidelined Ms. Machado, who has long been the face of resistance in Venezuela. He has signaled his willingness to work with acting President Delcy Rodríguez, who had been Mr. Maduro's second in command.
“I presented the President of the United States the medal, the Nobel Peace Prize,” Ms. Machado told reporters after leaving the White House and heading to Capitol Hill. She said she had done so “as a recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom.” Mr. Trump confirmed later on social media that Ms. Machado had left the medal for him to keep, and he said it was an honor to meet her.
“She is a wonderful woman who has been through so much. María presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done,” Mr. Trump said in his post. “Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you María!” Mr. Trump has raised doubts about his stated commitment to backing democratic rule in Venezuela, giving no timetable on when elections might be held. Ms. Machado indicated that he had provided few specifics on that front during their discussion.
She did not provide more information on what was said.
We can count on President Trump After the closed-door meeting, Ms. Machado greeted dozens of cheering supporters waiting for her near the White House gates, stopping to hug many.
“We can count on President Trump,” she told them without elaborating, prompting some to briefly chant, “Thank you, Trump.” Before her visit to Washington, Ms. Machado had not been seen in public since she traveled last month to Norway, where her daughter received the peace prize on her behalf. She had spent 11 months in hiding in Venezuela before she appeared in Norway after the ceremony.
The jubilant scene after her meeting with Mr. Trump stood in contrast to political realities in Venezuela. Ms. Rodríguez remains in charge of day-to-day government operations, along with others in Mr. Maduro's inner circle. In her first state of the union speech Thursday, the interim President promoted the resumption of diplomatic ties between the historic adversaries and advocated for opening the state-run oil industry to more foreign investment after Mr. Trump pledged to seize control of Venezuelan crude sales.
Mr. Trump has said it would be difficult for Ms. Machado to lead because she “doesn't have the support within or the respect within the country.” Her party is widely believed to have won 2024 elections rejected by Mr. Maduro.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called Ms. Machado “a remarkable and brave voice” but also said the meeting didn't mean Mr. Trump's opinion of her changed, calling it “a realistic assessment.” Ms. Leavitt told reporters that Mr. Trump supported new Venezuelan elections “when the time is right” but did not say when he thought that might be.
A frank and positive discussion' about Venezuela Ms. Leavitt said Ms. Machado had sought the face-to-face meeting without setting expectations for what would occur. She spent about two and a half hours at the White House.
“I don't think he needs to hear anything from Ms. Machado,” the Press Secretary said while the meeting was still going on, other than to have a ”frank and positive discussion about what's taking place in Venezuela.” After leaving the White House, Ms. Machado went on to a closed-door meeting with a bipartisan group of senators.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said Machado told them that “if there's not some progress, real progress towards a transition in power, and/or elections in the next several months, we should all be worried.” “She reminded us that Delcy Rodríguez is, in many ways, worse than Mr. Maduro,” he added.
Asked if Mr. Machado had heard any commitment from the White House on holding elections in Venezuela, Murphy said, “No, I don't think she got any commitment from them.” Sen. Bernie Moreno, an Ohio Republican, was exultant following the meeting, saying Mr. Machado “delivered a message that loud and clear: What President Trump did was the most important, significant event in Latin America. That getting rid of Maduro was absolutely essential.” Mr. Machado's Washington stop coincided with U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea seizing another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says had ties to Venezuela. It is part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country's oil after U.S. forces captured Maduro and his wife less than two weeks ago at a heavily guarded compound in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas and brought them to New York to stand trial on drug trafficking charges.
Ms. Leavitt said Venezuela's interim authorities have been fully cooperating with the Trump administration and noted that Rodríguez's government said it planned to release more prisoners detained under Mr. Maduro. Among those released were five Americans this week.
Mr. Trump said on Wednesday (January 14, 2026) that he had a “great conversation” with Ms. Rodríguez, their first since Mr. Maduro was ousted.
Ms. Machado doesn't get the nod from Mr. Trump Just hours after Mr. Maduro's capture, Mr. Trump said of Ms. Machado that “it would be very tough for her to be the leader.” Ms. Machado had steered a careful course to avoid offending Mr. Trump, notably after winning the peace prize, and had sought to cultivate relationships with him and key administration voices like Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
The industrial engineer and daughter of a steel magnate, Ms. Machado began challenging the ruling party in 2004, when the nongovernmental organization she co-founded, Súmate, promoted a referendum to recall then-President Hugo Chávez. The initiative failed, and Ms. Machado and other Súmate executives were charged with conspiracy.
A year later, she drew the anger of Chávez and his allies again for traveling to Washington to meet President George W Bush, whom Chávez considered an adversary.
Almost two decades later, she marshaled millions of Venezuelans to reject Chávez's successor, Mr. Maduro, for another term in the 2024 election. But ruling party-loyal electoral authorities declared him the winner despite ample credible evidence to the contrary. Ensuing anti-government protests ended in a brutal crackdown.
Published - January 16, 2026 02:45 am IST
USA / U.S. action on Venezuela / Venezuela
Source: TheHindu
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