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By Lauren Kent, Pau Mosquera, NCS
(NCS) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado mentioned Friday that she is concentrated on an orderly transition of energy in her nation ought to President Nicolás Maduro go away energy, and is assured that Venezuela’s police and armed forces wouldn’t oppose such a transition.
Speaking because the US authorities ramps up strain on Venezuela’s authoritarian leader, Machado mentioned the disaster in her house nation is a key nationwide safety consideration for the United States.
“It has become very clear that the Venezuelan conflict is absolutely a priority in matters of national security for the United States and in matters of hemispheric security,” Machado informed reporters in Oslo, Norway, the place she collected her Nobel Peace Prize this week.
The US administration has been engaged on day-after plans within the occasion Maduro is ousted, based on senior administration officers. NCS has beforehand reported that there have been casual conversations inside the US administration relating to Machado and fellow opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez main a post-Maduro Venezuela.
“Maduro will leave power, whether it is negotiated or not negotiated,” Machado mentioned on Friday. “We are fundamentally focused on how we can ensure that it is an orderly, peaceful transition, where the results of the country’s reconstruction are felt as soon as possible by Venezuelans.”
“I am confident today that the vast majority of the Venezuelan armed forces and police, as soon as the transition begins, will obey orders, guidelines, and instructions from superiors who will be appointed by the civil authority duly elected by Venezuelans,” she added.
Asked what function she may play within the US administration’s plans, Machado informed NCS: “Not only the American government, I think many other governments around the world are preparing for a democratic transition in Venezuela for several reasons. One is because they realize that the largest migration crisis in the world today is certainly Venezuelans that have been forced to flee.”
“So, this will have impact in many countries, including the United States. I’m talking about hundreds of thousands of people that will come back home,” Machado mentioned.
“And I will be where the Venezuelan people already mandated. We won an election by a landslide, and our president-elect has asked me to join the government as vice president. So I, I will accompany him in this new and challenging era that starts – or I would say that has already started,” she added.
The Nobel laureate lived in hiding in Venezuela for greater than 12 months following Venezuela’s disputed election final 12 months, through which government-controlled electoral authorities declared Maduro the winner. She made a daring escape to gather her peace prize in Oslo this week, arriving to cheering supporters hours after the ceremony completed.
Machado has confirmed that US government “support” helped her journey to Norway. On Friday, she additionally referred to as out a lack of assist from Spain, which has historic ties to the nation.
“Regarding the Spanish government, I will simply say that history will judge – as the people of Venezuela do today – what has been lacking, which has certainly been lacking,” Machado emphasised. “But there have been other countries and other governments in Europe that have taken the lead in defending the people of Venezuela.”
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