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In a minute, we will be joined by Venezuela's leader of the Democratic opposition,

Maria Corino Machado.

Just as a reminder of her background, her history, it was only 2023.

She as the opposition party leader won that primary with more than 92% of the vote.

An overwhelming popular mandate became a symbol of Venezuela's

Democratic opposition. Maduro then banned her from the ballot, despite striking a deal with

the Biden administration for reduced sanctions in exchange for free and fair elections.

They were anything but free. They were anything but fair.

And despite this fact, she remained the opposition leader. And she stayed on the ground and stayed in Venezuela at great risk to her own personal life. In the meantime, her key ally,

Edmundo Gonzalez, ran in her place, but those elections, nobody recognizes

them as legitimate or free or fair by any measure. The more widely accepted results show that

the opposition won by nearly 40 points.

And anyway, then she was given, if you recall, the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025.

And that was announced in October of 2025. The ceremony took place December 10th, 2025.

And she was on this program, December 17th of last year, before I went on

my long vacation of the year. And following the announcement that she had won the Nobel Peace Prize,

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