Machado Insists Trump Will Do What’s Needed to Turn Venezuela Into a Democracy

A day after she gave President Donald Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado insisted that her country was on an irreversible path toward democracy, even as Trump has spoken far more frequently in recent days about securing Venezuelan oil than bringing about free elections.

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Speaking at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington, Machado said she was “profoundly confident” that Venezuela would see an orderly transition and...