周三，美国国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥驳斥了媒体有关华盛顿方面敦促其他国家政府阻止委内瑞拉反对派领袖玛丽亚·科里纳·马查多返回祖国的报道。
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday dismissed media reports alleging that Washington urged foreign governments to prevent Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado from returning to her home country.
鲁比奥在雅典与希腊外长乔治奥斯·杰拉佩特里蒂斯共同举行的新闻发布会上表示：“你们提问的前提并不成立。我们从未要求任何国家不许任何人进入。”他以此否认了有关美国国务院干预并阻碍马查多行动的说法。
“The premise of your question is not true. We’ve never asked anyone not to let anybody else in anywhere in the world,” Rubio said during a news conference alongside Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis in Athens, rejecting claims that the US State Department intervened to impede her movements.
鲁比奥还对记者的提问予以反驳，指出目前流传的报道并不能算作既定事实，他无法针对基于虚假信息而提出的指控作出回应。
Rubio pushed back against the assertions raised by reporters, saying published claims do not constitute established facts and that he could not respond to allegations based on falsehoods.
作为“委内瑞拉起来”反对派组织的领导人，马查多始终是委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗的主要政治对手。今年1月，马杜罗在一次突袭行动中被美方逮捕。
Machado, who leads the opposition movement Vente Venezuela, remains a prominent political rival of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who was captured by the US in a raid in January.
因“为促进委内瑞拉人民的民主权利而不懈努力”，马查多荣获了2025年诺贝尔和平奖。据她的资深顾问戴维·斯莫兰斯基向美国CBS新闻透露，9月下旬，委内瑞拉当局在24小时内三次禁止马查多入境。
Machado received the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.”In late September, authorities blocked her from entering Venezuela three times within 24 hours, her senior adviser David Smolansky told US network CBS News.