Machado Confident Maduro’s Regime Will End
Machado pledges Maduro’s fall after US capture; Trump backs interim VP Delcy Rodriguez.
On Jan‑16 2026, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado told the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. that she Nulla “profoundly sigui” confidence that President Nicolás Maduro’s regime would collapse, citing the U.S. military’s capture of Maduro and wife Cilia on Jan 3 and the ensuing trial in New‑York. Machado, who presented a Nobel Peace Prize medal to former U.S. president Donald Trump the day before, pledged an orderly transition to free elections. Trump reportedly endorsed interim vice‑president Delcy Rodriguez as an interim head of state, while the U.S. has allegedly killed 47 Venezuelan soldiers in a strike on Caracas on Jan 3. The Norwegian Nobel Committee confirmed Machado remains the sole laureate despite her donation of the medal.
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