Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado stated from Oslo that she fully supports President Donald Trump’s strategy on Venezuela and dedicated an award to him, expressing gratitude from the Venezuelan people and noting he has placed the country as a U.S. national security priority, according to an X post by @EmmaRincon during the reporting window ending at 9:15 PM UTC on December 14, 2025. Machado said, “I fully support Trump’s strategy, and the Venezuelan people are deeply grateful to him and his administration. I believe he is a defender of freedom in this hemisphere. That is why -and I say this from Oslo right now- I have dedicated this award to him. He has finally placed Venezuela where it belongs: as a priority for the national security of the United States,” as quoted in the X post (https://x.com/EmmaRincon/status/2000293360331084110). This statement follows reports of Venezuelan intelligence service SEBIN agents kidnapping political scientist Nicmer Evans from his Caracas home on December 13, as posted by @TAMARA_SUJU, and U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier operations north of Bonaire close to Venezuela earlier on December 14, per @FaytuksNetwork. The White House summoned reporters and lifted media restrictions for December 14 around 6:45 PM UTC in a rare move, according to @PenguinSix, amid U.S. Air Force aircraft movements toward the Caribbean reported by @vcdgf555.
