María Corina Machado llega a la Casa Blanca para un almuerzo con Trump
La líder opositora venezolana y Premio Nobel de la Paz, María Corina Machado, llegó a la Casa Blanca para un almuerzo privado con el presidente Donald Trump, en un encuentro clave celebrado días después de la captura de Nicolás Maduro por fuerzas estadounidenses
TL;DR
- María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, had lunch with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.
- The meeting occurred less than two weeks after the capture of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces.
- Machado entered the White House through a side entrance and did not speak to the press.
- The Trump administration had previously not supported Machado's movement, citing a lack of domestic backing, and instead supported Vice President Delcy Rodríguez.
- Delcy Rodríguez assumed power as interim president with Trump's endorsement and negotiated oil trade with the U.S.
- Trump and Delcy Rodríguez had a phone conversation the day before about oil, minerals, trade, and security, after which Trump called her 'fantastic'.
- Machado expressed a desire to share her Nobel Prize with Trump, despite the Nobel Committee stating the prize is non-transferable.