María Corina Machado says she talked with Trump's envoy, seeks protection for Venezuelans in the US

The Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, said she spoke with Richard Grenelll, a special envoy of the US president, Donald Trump, during her visit to Venezuela last Friday. He insisted that he continues to work to get the exit of the power of the ruler Nicolás Maduro.

The Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, said Monday that she spoke with Richard Grenelll, a special envoy of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, during her Visit to Venezuela on Friday Past, but insisted that he will not reveal details of the confidential conversations he has had with US officials.

“What I want to ask Venezuelans is that this anguish we have cannot allow our mind to be disturbed. This administration has 13 days, and there are huge references to the Venezuelan situation (…) including President Trump himself, and has been very clear that there is no negotiation here, ”he replied in a conversation with journalists.

“The regime is a threat to hemispheric security and for the national security of the United States, and I assure you that this is very clear in this administration. We are carrying out all the actions to ensure that we can break those two pillars that support this tyranny, ”he continued.

Six American citizens who were arrested in Venezuela They were released on Friday And they traveled to their country with Grenell, after a meeting with the ruler Nicolás Maduro, in which agreed to receive irregular immigrants Venezuelans who have been arrested in US territory.

Maduro said that some first agreements were reached and proposed to build a “zero agenda.”

“Do you really believe that it is possible as some said here that they were going to do blur and new account? And with this, erase your links with Iran, with Hezbollah, your links with drug trafficking posters, your support for the ELN? Do you really think they can blur and a new account to crimes against humanity? ”Machado questioned.

Machado, winner of the opposition presidential elementary Your country.

The 57 -year -old opposition leader said that they cannot reveal the strategy they are developing, and insisted that, although Venezuelans direct their democratic struggle, they need their international allies “executing key actions.”

“The regime is against the strings, but it is very aggressive and very dangerous, and therefore we aware that this fight is given here, we do need international support from our allies and we will get it,” he reiterated.

Machado said that, among other actions, they are working in a “silent” citizen organization for “a new dynamic.”

Both Maduro, and González, recognized as president elected by several governments, including the United States, the victory is awarded in the July 28 elections last year.

Despite the insistence of the international community that requested transparent and verifiable results, the CNE has not disseminated disintegrated data, while the opposition published minutes that retained their table witnesses.

González, 75, has said that he continues to seek the conditions to return to the country and be sworn as president and has ruled out the possibility that there is a sworn out of the country.

He also reaffirmed the statements of Machado on Monday and said they continue working “even if it is not public.”

“The legitimacy of the regime does not exist. This struggle is fought by Venezuelans and we will win Venezuelans. We are committed to doing what is necessary to achieve it, ”he wrote in X.

“It's a heartbreaking theme”

Machado considered the decision of the US government of end the designation of temporary protection status (TPS) that benefits hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans.

“We are greatly worried,” he said, insisting that he works on looking for “some kind of protection” for Venezuelans of good.

Machado said that in recent hours he has been talking with representatives of the south of Florida and other states, and said that his priority is the welfare of Venezuelans inside and outside the country.

“We want them to return, but for a free, safe and prosperous Venezuela, where no one pursues, and that they do it voluntarily. The criminals is something else, those who have committed crimes that is something else, and each government has the right to enforce their laws, ”he said.