New Delhi, Jan. 6 -- Maria Corina Machado, the main opposition leader in Venezuela and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has praised United States President Donald Trump for toppling the government of Nicholas Maduro as she vowed to return to her country. She also asserted that her party had won the 2024 elections and expressed confidence that it would secure 90 per cent of the votes in a free and fair poll.

"I'm planning to go back to Venezuela as soon as possible," Maria Corina Machado said, adding, "We believe that this transition should move forward. We won an election (in 2024) by a landslide under fraudulent conditions. In free and fair elections, we will win over 90% of the votes."

Maria Corina Machado, who was in hiding, had escaped Ven...