Maria Corina Machado

COMMENTARY President Trump's "law enforcement" capture of Venezuela's dictator will be regarded a failure if it doesn't mean democracy restoration — which may require more U.S. military force.

Though "jarred" by President Trump's snub of opposition leader María Corina Machado, expats say they accept a transition to democracy in Venezuela will take time — and in the meantime they'll push the regime to accelerate it.

According to Scott, Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado is grateful for President Donald Trump’s “bold action to hold Nicolás Maduro and his thugs accountable and work to restore freedom and democracy in Venezuela.” She also demanded that the Venezuelan government immediately release all its political prisoners, including Americans.

In a daring nighttime martime operation, U.S. veterans whisked Venezuela's María Corina Machado out of the country to claim her Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado appeared in public for the first time in 11 months after a daring escape from her homeland when she emerged from a hotel balcony in Norway's capital.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado's daughter has accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her mother's behalf. She said Wednesday in a speech written by Machado that Venezuela shows the world "we must be willing to fight for freedom."

President Trump’s military actions and immigration policies have divided Venezuelans in South Florida, many of whom fled the Maduro regime.

When Venezuelan opposition leader — and Nobel Peace Prize winner — Maria Corina Machado last week endorsed President Donald Trump’s violent approach to dealing with the Maduro regime, the remarks triggered mixed reactions in South Florida, home to the nation’s largest Venezuelan community.

COMMENTARY María Corina Machado deserved the Nobel Peace Prize for leading Venezuela's nonviolent democracy movement — but to succeed, should that effort rely on a U.S. military incursion?

Soon after the Nobel Peace Prize committee announced it was awarding this year’s honor to María Corina Machado, the leader of the main opposition movement in Venezuela, the Trump White House issued an unequivocal condemnation.

Friday's announcement that Venezuelan democracy champion María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize also lifts a diaspora facing deportations in the U.S. as well as a brutal regime at home.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, currenty in hiding in her country, is touting a major economic reform plan as a roadmap for a post-Nicolás Maduro future — though it's still far from certain if or when the dictator will ever leave power.