In a stirring Washington address, opposition stalwart Maria Corina Machado positioned Venezuela at liberty’s very threshold, propelled by political flux and American resolve against Maduro. Her press conference underscored a democratic trajectory freshly launched.
Pinpointing January 3, 2026, as transformative, she affirmed, ‘True change to democracy begins now.’ From Heritage Foundation podium, Machado likened her American refuge to a miracle post-threats, savoring freedoms absent in a repressed Venezuela lacking resources, cash, and free journalism.
She lionized grassroots valor: ‘Unarmed yet unbreakable, they defy savagery via faith and love’s potency.’ Even democracy’s strangers hazarded lives for dignity, equity, love—children foremost, robbed of family, learning, sustenance.
Gratitude overflowed for Trump’s bravery and U.S. solidarity, beyond self-interest to Venezuelan welfare. His week’s personal pledge rates as her priceless homeward gift.
Crisis details chilled: prisoners of conscience, exile waves, century-worst malnutrition. Stability skeptics? Venezuela defies norms with ironclad unity—no sectarian rifts, 90% fused by familial return.
Self-respect through toil, not aid, animates them; women shun dependency for empowered existence. Freed from rulers, Venezuela pledges U.S. alliance, morphing orderly into a proud powerhouse.
‘With American and Trump backing, Venezuela frees itself,’ she concluded triumphantly.