Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner, confirmed that she will visit Spain next week, although she did not reveal details of the agenda of what she will do starting April 18.
Comando Con Venezuela, the platform that supports Machado, published on Sunday on its
Former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, who is in exile in Spain, responded to that message with the phrase “Preparing engines!”
A week ago, the Venezuelan leader met in Washington with the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. His communications team described the meeting as “excellent” and assured that Machado confirmed to Rubio that the population of Venezuela wants to live in democracy and with the rule of law; In addition, he reiterated that “the day of the opponent’s return” to her country “will be very soon.” That meeting occurred after the United States resumed operations of its embassy in Caracas.
A meeting between Machado and the Government of Spain is not planned, but the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, stated this Tuesday that Pedro Sánchez’s administration would have “no problem” in meeting with the Venezuelan opposition leader.
In an interview on laSexta, Albares hinted that there is still no meeting planned with the Venezuelan opposition, who will initially hold meetings with the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and the mayor of the capital, José Luis Martínez-Almeida.
“If they request it, there would be no problem for them to have any meeting at any level,” said the minister, who stressed that he has spoken with her “on different occasions.”
