On Sunday, Machado told National Public Radio that she had dedicated her prize “to the people of Venezuela and President Trump because I think it’s the correct thing to do, not only for what he has been doing in the last month to solve long and painful conflicts around the world but precisely for what he’s doing right now for the Americas, because this is not only about Venezuela. Once Maduro goes, the Cuban regime will follow, the Nicaraguan regime will follow, and for the first time in history, we will have the Americas free of communism and narco-dictatorships. ”
Machado had been expected to use her time with Trump to try to persuade him that backing Rodríguez's interim government was a mistake, and that her opposition coalition should be in charge of this transition.
