{"id":2564062,"date":"2026-02-03T16:55:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/machado-i-will-be-president-when-the-time-comes-4\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:57:14","slug":"machado-i-will-be-president-when-the-time-comes-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/machado-i-will-be-president-when-the-time-comes-4\/","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-4%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=2564062&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>The report centers on Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Maria Corina Machado. Speaking at a CBS Face the Nation appearance and a news conference in Washington, D.C., she discusses Venezuela\u2019s electoral future after the capture of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. Machado reiterates that she will become president when the time is right, but emphasizes that leadership should be decided by the Venezuelan peopel through free elections. She explains that she was barred from the July 2024 presidential race, and supported Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez Urrutia as her endorsed successor, who later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-lefts-love-affair-with-terrorists-isnt-new-its-the-playbook\/\" title=\"The Left&#039;s Love Affair With Terrorists Isn&#039;t New -- It&#039;s The Playbook\">sought political asylum<\/a> in Spain while Maduro was declared the winner in a contest marked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-world-tennis-associations-support-stripped-peng-shuai-of-freedom-of-expression\/\" title=\"China: World Tennis Association&#039;s Support Stripped Peng Shuai of \u2018Freedom of Expression\u2019\">international concerns<\/a> over transparency. Machado has since gone into hiding and argues that the struggle for Venezuela\u2019s future is a fight for freedom and an existential, spiritual battle, insisting that any leadership role must be decided by a free vote.  <\/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 recent presidential election 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, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >raising widespread international concerns<\/a> 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 granted political asylum.<\/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. 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