Pope Leo XIV has met with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at the Vatican. During Monday's meeting, which was not previously announced, the Venezuelan leader asked the pope to interce

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will visit President Trump at the White House on Thursday, a White House official says. Paasha Mahdavi, director of the Energy Governance and Political Economy Lab at UCSB,

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado asked for Pope Leo XIV's help in securing the release of political prisoners in the country following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

María Corina Machado said Nicolás Maduro will "face international justice for the atrocious crimes" he has committed.

With Nicolás Maduro out, experts say Nobel laureate María Corina Machado and Edmundo González could lead Venezuela’s transition, though major hurdles remain.

María Corina Machado said she asked the pope to help with the release of more than 1,000 political prisoners "and for an immediate transition to democracy."

U.S. intelligence suggested María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, would struggle to lead the government. But her relationship with Trump officials had been souring for months.

Fed's Powell says Trump administration has threatened him with a criminal indictment Jerome Powell called the action a "pretext" aimed at putting further pressure on the central bank to lower interest rates.