Politics & Governance
Maria Corina Machado rejects US-backed August talks with Delcy Rodriguez government
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado said on Sunday that she would not participate in US-backed talks scheduled for August with the de facto government of Delcy Rodriguez.
In a joint statement with Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, the opposition candidate in Venezuela’s 2024 presidential election, Machado said the opposition had not taken part in the talks’ “design, development and operation.”
Update
The talks are scheduled for August.
The talks are described as being with the de facto government of Delcy Rodriguez.
The statement was co-signed by Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.
Gonzalez Urrutia ran for president in Venezuela's 2024 elections.
The statement said the opposition was not participating in the design, development and operation of the talks.
The item identifies Machado as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Source note: AFP news report published on 26 July 2026 at 22:03:06 UTC.
Uncertainty notes
The source item does not give the talks' purpose, format, location or specific US role.
The source item does not further explain the term de facto government.
Source
AFP news report published on .