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Politics
Pedro Camacho

Maduro's Second in Command Suggests Opposition Leader Machado Has Fled the Country Despite U.S. Military Buildup: 'We're Going to Miss Her'

Venezuela's Minister of Interior Relations, Justice, and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, speaks during a press conference of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) in Caracas on October 27, 2025. (Credit: Photo by JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images)

Venezuelan Interior Minister and the country's second in command Diosdado Cabello suggested on Wednesday that opposition leader María Corina Machado may have left the country to travel to Norway ahead of the December 10 Nobel Peace Prize.

During his weekly television program Con el Mazo Dando, Cabello read a message from what he called a "cooperating patriot," claiming that media groups allegedly linked to Machado were preparing a "psychological war" campaign and had already begun operating in Europe.

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