María Corina Machado, the chief of Venezuela’s opposition get together, mentioned interim president Delcy Rodríguez was “one of many fundamental architects” of Nicolás Maduro’s oppressive regime in Venezuela.
“All people in Venezuela and overseas is aware of completely who she is and the function she has performed,” within the nation’s oppressive regime, Machado mentioned in an interview with Tony Dokoupil airing Tuesday evening on “CBS Night Information.”
Rodríguez, Maduro’s vice chairman, was sworn in because the interim president on Monday after Maduro was captured and brought to the US. The Venezuelan army has expressed their assist for Rodríguez, 56.
Machado, who has been in hiding since Venezuela’s disputed 2024 election, rising solely to assert the Nobel Peace Prize in December, criticized those that consider Rodríguez ought to lead the nation. She described Rodríguez as one of many architects of Maduro’s brutal regime, and the chief of torture websites in Venezuela. Former hostage negotiator Roger Carstens instructed “60 Minutes” that the Maduro regime had held and tortured People who had been arrested in Venezuela for minor offenses.
Then-Vice President Delcy Rodriguez arrives for a gathering with diplomatic representatives in Caracas, Venezuela, Sept. 29, 2025.
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Rodríguez was sanctioned throughout Mr. Trump’s first time period for her function in serving to the Maduro regime “preserve energy and solidify his authoritarian rule.” She has not been indicted on any prison expenses within the U.S. for her function in Maduro’s authorities.
Machado mentioned that she believes the U.S. has “instructed (Rodríguez) to take sure actions relating to additional dismantling of the prison construction as a path in the direction of a whole transition to democracy in Venezuela.” However Machado mentioned “no one trusts her,” which can complicate her new function because the nation’s president.
Machado alleged that Rodríguez had been “the primary hyperlink” in communications with Russia and Iran in addition to “different nations which have … prison actions” in Venezuela. Regardless of the tumultuous circumstances, Machado mentioned she nonetheless has religion within the Venezuelan folks.
Watch extra of María Corina Machado’s interview with Tony Dokoupil on tonight’s “CBS Night Information” at 6:30 p.m. ET.
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