Venezuela's Machado says has not spoken to Trump since Oct, plans to return home 'as soon as possible'
She welcomed the US actions as "a huge step for humanity, for freedom and human dignity."
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado said on Monday (5 January) she has not spoken to US President Donald Trump since October 2025.
"Actually, I spoke with President Trump on 10 October, the same day the [Nobel Peace] Prize was announced, [but] not since then," Machado said on Fox News' "Hannity" program.
She was awarded the prize for her fight against what the Norwegian Nobel Committee called a dictatorship.
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Machado - widely seen now deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's most credible opponent- left Venezuela last month to travel to Norway to accept the award and has not returned since.
"I'm planning to go as soon as possible back home," she told Fox News when asked about her plans to return to Venezuela.
The interview was Machado's first since the US launched strikes on Venezuela on Saturday and captured its president.
She welcomed the US actions as "a huge step for humanity, for freedom and human dignity."
Venezuela's vice president and oil minister Delcy Rodriguez was sworn in as interim president on Monday, but Washington's move over the weekend has left many to wonder about the future leadership of the South American country.
Trump on Saturday dismissed the idea of working with Machado, saying "she doesn't have the support within or the respect within the country."
