{"id":2563979,"date":"2026-02-03T15:53:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/machado-i-will-be-president-when-the-time-comes\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:55:58","slug":"machado-i-will-be-president-when-the-time-comes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/machado-i-will-be-president-when-the-time-comes\/","title":{"rendered":"Machado: &#8216;I will be president when the time comes&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmachado-i-will-be-president-when-the-time-comes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2563979&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Venezuela\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/venezuelas-opposition-held-congress-extends-term-after-disputed-vote\/\" title=\"...s opposition-held Congress extends term after disputed vote\">opposition leader<\/a> and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado says she will become president when the time is right, but that the decision should come from a free vote by Venezuelans.Speaking at a Heritage Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-campaign-holds-press-conference-to-outline-viable-path-to-victory\/\" title=\"Watch Live: Trump Campaign Holds Press Conference to Outline &#039;Viable Path to Victory&#039;\">news conference<\/a> in Washington, DC on January 16, 2026, she discussed the country\u2019s electoral future after the capture of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and referenced the 2024 presidential election, in which she was barred from running and supported Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez Urrutia on the ballot. Maduro won with about 51.2% amid widespread international concerns about transparency, leading Machado to go into hiding while Gonz\u00e1lez fled to Spain with political asylum.<\/p>\n<p>Machado emphasized that her role should be determined by a fair election decided by the Venezuelan people,describing the struggle as a spiritual and existential fight for freedom. She argued that Maduro feared her candidacy and claimed the opposition\u2019s momentum showed the country\u2019s desire for liberty.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-758970\">\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado speaks during a news conference at the Heritage Foundation headquarters in Washington, DC on January 16, 2026. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN Staff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/sophia-flores\">Sophia Flores<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/Noah-Secades\">Noah Secades<\/a><br \/>6:42 PM &ndash; Monday, February 2, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Maria Corina Machado says she will be president of Venezuela when the time comes.<\/p>\n<p>While on <em>CBS<\/em>&rsquo;s &ldquo;Face the Nation&rdquo; on Sunday, Machado discussed plans for Venezuela&rsquo;s electoral future following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/trump-maduro-captured-by-the-u-s-after-a-large-scale-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">capture of Nicholas Maduro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela&rsquo;s most <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >recent presidential election<\/a> took place on July&#8239;28,&#8239;2024. Former opposition primary winner Machado was barred from running by Venezuela&rsquo;s highest courts, and she subsequently threw her support behind opposition candidate Edmundo&#8239;Gonz&aacute;lez&#8239;Urrutia as her endorsed successor on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>The results of the election were immediately disputed after Nicol&aacute;s Maduro was declared the winner with roughly 51.2&#8239;% of the vote, raising widespread international concerns over transparency and fairness. Machado went into hiding to avoid arrest while continuing to denounce the government&rsquo;s actions, and Gonz&aacute;lez fled to Spain, where he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-group-reveres-black-panther-party-in-new-lesson-plan\/\" title=\"Education Group Reveres Black Panther Party In New Lesson Plan\">granted political asylum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Machado says that, for now, her role in leading Venezuela should be determined by a free election decided by Venezuelan voters.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;I will be president when the time comes. But it doesn&rsquo;t matter. That should be decided in elections by the Venezuelan people,&rdquo; Machado stated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t allowed to run in the last election as we mentioned before because Maduro was afraid to run against me and he thought Edmundo was not a threat because nobody knew who he was and in less than three months we managed to put the whole country supporting him because this is this is matter of freedom,&rdquo; she continued. &ldquo;I mean, this is an spiritual fight, an existential fight for Venezuela.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>  &nbsp; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news alerts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/spain-high-speed-train-collision-kills-at-least-40-with-152-injured\/#\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/pres-trump-invites-russia-and-belarus-to-join-his-board-of-peace-cmte\/#\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oann.com\/#\" onclick=\"document.getElementById('disqus_thread').scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth' }); return false;\">        &nbsp;      <\/p>\n<p>What do YOU think? Click here to jump to the comments!<\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Sponsored Content Below<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Machado: future presidency decided by elections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1209,"featured_media":2563980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2255970107-e1770086184273.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542,33651],"tags":[23282,3899,19794,5894,10423],"class_list":["post-2563979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann","category-the-western-journal","tag-ambition","tag-future","tag-machado","tag-politics","tag-presidency"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2255970107-e1770086184273.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2563979"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2563983,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563979\/revisions\/2563983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2563980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2563979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2563979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2563979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}