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Why Trump Refused to Back Venezuela’s Machado: Fears of Chaos, and Fraying Ties

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.

© Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times

The opposition leader María Corina Machado and her surrogate presidential candidate, Edmundo González, at a rally in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, in 2024.
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