According to Reuters, citing a White House official, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has renewed her bid to return to Venezuela in recent days. The move, which had increasingly frustrated Trump administration officials, comes against the backdrop of twin earthquakes that devastated Northern Venezuela. Per the report, Machado has petitioned the administration, the State Department, and members of Congress to aid in her return, but at the time of writing, the administration is reticent to accede to the request, as one White House official told Reuters “We support her returning to Venezuela, but does it have to be 24 hours after a massive humanitarian catastrophe where the death toll continues to climb?” Machado currently resides in the U.S., after leaving a Venezuela do to the threat from the former Maduro regime.
