Trump withholds endorsement for Machado, backs Rodríguez in Venezuela's leadership question
TL;DR
Trump has not endorsed opposition leader María Corina Machado to lead Venezuela, instead backing acting leader Delcy Rodríguez as the country seeks stabilization after the U.S. operation against Nicolás Maduro. Despite Machado's broad popular support and her Nobel Prize, U.S. officials prefer Rodríguez to avoid upsetting regime insiders and the military, while discussions focus on a cautious path to elections and a transition, including an oil-focused stabilization strategy.
- Why Trump hasn't backed Machado to lead Venezuela Axios
- Nobel Committee Takes Heat at Home as Machado Courts Trump in D.C. The New York Times
- Trump to meet with Venezuela’s opposition leader at the White House CNN
- María Corina Machado visits Trump with Venezuela's future, and a Nobel prize, at stake NBC News
- She's offered to share her Nobel with Trump. But what might Machado ask for in return? BBC
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