Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado warned on Wednesday that Iran has transformed Venezuela into its "satellite" in the hemisphere, alleging deep military, financial, and logistical penetration by Tehran and other foreign powers.
"This is a critical issue that all Americans, all people in the Americas have to understand," Machado said during a remote appearance at the America Business Forum in Miami. "Venezuela has been turned into the main bridgehead of the adversaries of the United States and its criminal networks and enemies that support them." She added that "Iran has turned Venezuela into its satellite operating from the heart of the Americas."
