00:00An interview with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.
00:04With the removal of Nicolas Maduro by the Trump administration,
00:08Machado still faces a lot of risks at home.
00:11But that didn't stop her from vowing to return and help usher in democracy in her country.
00:16You're going to have a prosperous Venezuela and the region.
00:20And, I mean, if we make a comparison in history,
00:25this would mean for the Americas as much as the fall of the Berlin Wall had for Europe.
00:33It's equivalent.
00:34During the 45-minute conversation with The Post's Washington reporter Caitlin Dornbos,
00:38Venezuela's Iron Lady praised President Trump for his, in her words,
00:42historic action to remove Maduro.
00:45And don't forget, she actually gave the president her Nobel Peace Prize recently.
00:49Machado also detailed the 16 months that she spent hiding
00:53before she was able to flee back in December.
00:55At the time, Maduro's regime was hunting opposition leaders like her.
01:00She was unable to see family or friends or move freely in her own country.
01:04She said that not much has changed in that regard,
01:07with Maduro's vice president, Delcey Rodriguez, now in charge.
01:10But Machado believes that if the Venezuelan people can safely,
01:14democratically choose a leader, things will change and change immediately.
01:18Particularly, she says, when it comes to new international investments,
01:21not just in Venezuela's huge oil and gas industry,
01:25but in things like electricity and infrastructure and tourism as well.
01:28models do not justify.
01:31But, when President Trump didn't...
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