Venezuelan opposition leader releases letter after Maduro’s capture
Maria Corina Machado Following the leader, he published a letter addressed to the Venezuelan people Nicolas Maduro and his wife were captured in the US operation on Saturday night.
Opposition leader Machado, who has been mostly in hiding for the past year, said Maduro “will face international justice for the terrible crimes committed against Venezuelans and citizens of many other countries.”
“It’s time for freedom!” Machado, who was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, wrote: Letter published in X.
It was not clear Saturday who Machado was. escaped to Norway on a secret mission He was in Venezuela last month. HE he told CBS News In mid-December, he said he “absolutely” supports President Trump’s escalating military crackdown on the Maduro regime and would welcome “more and more pressure for Maduro to understand that he has to go.”
Read the full text of his letter, translated by CBS News, below.
María Corina Machado’s letter to Venezuelans
Venezuelans, it’s time for freedom!
Starting today, Nicolás Maduro will face international justice for the terrible crimes committed against Venezuelans and citizens of many other countries. Given its refusal to accept a negotiated solution, the US government made good on its promise to enforce the law.
It is now time for popular sovereignty and national sovereignty to prevail in our country. We will restore order, release political prisoners, build an extraordinary country, and bring our children back home.
We struggled for years, gave it our all, and it was worth it. What needs to happen is happening.
This is the citizens’ hour. We are the ones who risked everything for the sake of democracy on June 28. We, who elected Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as the legitimate President of Venezuela, must immediately assume his constitutional mandate and be recognized as Commander-in-Chief of the National Armed Forces by all the officers and soldiers who compose it.
Today we are ready to assert our authority and take power. Let us remain vigilant, active and organized until the democratic transition is complete. What we ALL need is a transition.
Venezuelans currently in our country, be prepared to put into practice the issue that we will convey to you through our official channels very soon.
To Venezuelans abroad, we need you to take action by mobilizing the world’s governments and citizens and committing them from now on to the great operation of building the new Venezuela.
Receive all my strength, trust and love in these critical hours. We are attentive and in communication.
VENEZUELA WILL BE FREE! We will walk hand in hand with God until the end.
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