Washington's preference for a negotiated, elite-managed transition in Venezuela keeps producing contested power struggles with the popular opposition, delaying the legal certainty that oil investors and bondholders need.
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Nobel laureate María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela through the Colombian border after ten months abroad and at least seven failed attempts, and is challenging the Washington-backed interim government by demanding new elections. This is the clash between the elite-managed transition and the popular opposition that delays legal certainty for oil investors and bondholders.
Supporting · October 26, 2026
María Corina Machado returns to Venezuela and challenges the Washington-backed interim government
Nobel laureate María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela through the Colombian border after ten months abroad and at least seven failed attempts, and is challenging the Washington-backed interim government by demanding new elections. This is the clash between the elite-managed transition and the popular opposition that delays legal certainty for oil investors and bondholders.
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