Trump to satisfy Venezuela's María Corina Machado on Thursday

[ad_1] Venezuelan opposition chief and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado will meet President Donald Trump on Thursday, the White Home has confirmed.

The go to comes simply weeks after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was seized in Caracas by US forces. However Trump declined to endorse Machado, whose motion claimed victory in 2024's extensively contested elections, as its new chief.

The US as an alternative backed Delcy Rodríguez, Maduro's former vice-president.

Machado stated final week she hoped to thank Trump personally for the motion towards Maduro and want to give the Nobel Prize to him. Trump known as it "a terrific honour", however the Nobel Committee later clarified that it was not transferable.

Earlier, Trump had expressed displeasure over Machado's choice to simply accept the Nobel Peace Prize, an honour the president has lengthy coveted.

Requested on Friday whether or not receiving Machado's prize may change his view of her position in Venezuela, the president stated: "She is likely to be concerned in some side of it."

"I should communicate to her. I feel it's totally good that she needs to come back in. And that is what I perceive the reason being," he stated.

Earlier this month, after Maduro's ouster, Trump had stated Machado "would not have the assist inside, or the respect inside, the nation". "She's a really good lady, however she would not have the respect," he stated.

The US has to this point backed Delcy Rodríguez as Venezuela's interim president.

Trump describes Rodríguez as an "ally", and he or she has not been charged by US officers with any crimes.

"Delcy Rodríguez and her workforce have been very cooperative with the USA," White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated on Monday.

However Machado has maintained that her coalition ought to "completely" be in control of the nation.

Machado has stated no one trusted Rodríguez, telling CBS that the interim chief was "one of many foremost architects... of repression for harmless folks" within the South American nation.

"All people in Venezuela and overseas is aware of completely who she is and the position she has performed," Machado stated.

The previous legislator, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize final 12 months, described US army motion in Venezuela as "a significant step in the direction of restoring prosperity and rule of legislation and democracy in Venezuela".

Rodríguez has rebuffed claims by Trump that the US was in control of Venezuela.

"The Venezuelan authorities guidelines our nation, and no-one else does," she stated in a televised speech. "There is no such thing as a exterior agent governing Venezuela."