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Machado added that Maduro was removed from power after refusing to negotiate a departure and called on the opposition candidate in the 2024 presidential election, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, currently in exile in Spain, to &#8220;immediately assume&#8221; the presidency. She also said the opposition would restore order in the country and free political prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opposition reaction \u2013 The Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, has conveyed a message following the capture of President Nicolas Maduro by the United States. &#8220;Venezuelans, the hour of freedom has arrived,&#8221; she wrote in a statement on social media. 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