Members of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee hosted Nobel Peace Prize winner and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado today, with Rep. Gregory Meeks thanking her for her leadership and sacrifice that has given hope for change in Venezuela, according to a committee post on X during the reporting window from 11:17:56 p.m. UTC on January 20 to 1:46:12 a.m. UTC on January 21, 2026. Rep. Meeks stated that a peaceful democratic transition in Venezuela serves the best interests of both the Venezuelan people and the American people, as posted by @HouseForeign. This event follows President Donald Trump's statement over the past two hours that he is considering a role for Machado amid ongoing regime changes in Venezuela, according to a Reuters report cited in prior coverage. Machado had declared earlier on January 20, "Venezuela will be free. And once we liberate Venezuela, we will keep working and we will have a free Cuba and a free Nicaragua," as reported by Fox News on X during the preceding reporting period. These developments occur against internal shifts in Venezuela's interim regime, including Delcy RodrĂguez's removal of Freddy Ñáñez from VTV presidency and Jorge RodrĂguez's call for a new Electoral Code, per X posts from @OrlvndoA.
