Venezuelan Opposition Leader And Nobel Prize Winner Claims Military Escalation Is The Only Way To Remove Maduro

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado (Credit: Screengrab from María Corina Machado's X account)

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Prize winner Maria Corina Machado said military escalation is the "only" way to remove authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro from power.

"The increase in pressure and the escalation that's taken place is the only way to force Maduro to understand that it's time to go," and "facilitate a peaceful and orderly transition," Machado told Bloomberg.