There is nothing more treacherous than a she-wolf wearing a sheep's fur pretending to be a fairy godmother
By Yiannis Damellos
April 18, 2026
MADRID — While Spain’s progressive Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, an outspoken critic of U.S. President Donald Trump, was hosting a summit of like-minded progressive leaders from around the world on Saturday, Venezuela’s exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado was addressing several thousand of her MAGA supporters at a rally in Madrid during her multicountry European tour.
Machado, an ultra-conservative Venezuelan conspirator, earlier this year presented Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize. Still, not even that gift was enough to grant her the power she was dreaming of, as the American administration preferred to negotiate with the successor of the Chavismo regime, knowing how unpopular she is in her own turf.
Her multistop European tour, during which she met only with conservative European leaders, like Macron of France, Meloni of Italy, and their Dutch counterpart, comes while Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez has continued in her temporary role, exceeding her initial 90-day limit, as the U.S. government has lifted several sanctions against her.
Machado insisted at an earlier event that she would be returning to Venezuela, but declined to say when or how, and acknowledged the challenges implicit in a return to her country.
She criticized Rodríguez’s government, saying it represented “chaos, violence, and terror,” and reiterated her belief in the need for democratic elections in Venezuela. She added she did not regret presenting Trump, whose administration has largely sidelined the conspirator, with her Nobel.
She said she was in permanent contact with officials in the Trump administration and trusted Washington’s phased process in Venezuela since Maduro’s removal.
“There is one leader in the world, one head of state, who has risked the lives of his country’s citizens for the freedom of Venezuela. And that is Donald Trump,” Machado said, referring to the U.S. military operation in January.
Machado drew a crowd of a few thousand in the Spanish capital’s Puerta del Sol, standing beside Madrid’s conservative regional leader Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who feted her earlier in the day.
To Western media outlets that propagandize her return to power: if she is that popular, where was the rest of the 600,000 Venezuelans who live in Spain? Why didn't they go to her rally? Does any of you corporate journalists...care to answer?
Ahead of Venezuela’s 2024 presidential elections, Machado crisscrossed the country, rallying voters looking to end 25 years of single-party rule. When she was barred from the race, a previously unknown former diplomat, Edmundo Gonzalez, replaced her on the ballot, only to lose to Maduro, who was recently abducted by Trump's military and is jailed in NYC.
Machado, who has found support among some in the Venezuelan diaspora, has been criticized for her connections to U.S. interests and the financial backing from petroleum companies that have historically opposed Venezuela's nationalization policies. Critics argue that her recent Nobel Peace Prize was awarded not out of merit but as a political maneuver influenced by those seeking to undermine Venezuela's legitimate government.
Commentators highlight that her rhetoric against the current Venezuelan administration, led by interim President Delcy Rodríguez, represents an effort to align with the interests of the rich and powerful rather than with the needs of the Venezuelan people.
Machado is a traitor to Chavismo and a figure attempting to challenge the very governance that millions of Venezuelans support.
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