The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said this Saturday that he would have to 'analyze' whether he supports Nobel Peace Prize winner and opposition leader María Corina Machado as the leader of a transition in Venezuela after the capture of the country's current president, Nicolás Maduro. Asked in an interview with Fox News if he would support Machado to assume power in Venezuela after U.S. special forces removed Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, from Caracas, Trump replied: 'Well, we are going to have to analyze it right now.' Washington, Jan 3 (EFE). - The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said this Saturday that he would have to 'analyze' whether he supports Nobel Peace Prize winner and opposition leader María Corina Machado as the leader of a transition in Venezuela after the capture of the country's current president, Nicolás Maduro. 'That is, I don't know what kind of elections those were, but, you know, Maduro's elections were a disgrace,' the republican insisted, who accuses the Venezuelan of leading a drug trafficking network. Trump insisted that Maduro, whom the U.S. considers a dictator, ruled with an iron fist, and people cannot believe the luck he had, added the American president. Machado, seen as the key figure in the Venezuelan opposition, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025 for her fight for democracy in her country. After the news became known, the activist and politician dedicated the award to Trump, who has thanked her for the gesture on several occasions. Seeing herself unable to run as a candidate for the opposition coalition, Machado gave her support to former diplomat Edmundo González, whom her platform and several international governments recognize as the true winner of the elections in which Maduro claimed victory. The Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, denounced this Saturday that the whereabouts of the country's president, Nicolás Maduro, and the First Lady, Cilia Flores, are unknown, and asked the United States for proof of life, after Trump confirmed an attack on the country and announced the capture of both to face U.S. justice. '(In Venezuela) they have a vice president, as you know. He was a dictator, a tough guy, and he ruled with an iron fist, and people can't believe the luck he had,' added the U.S. president.
