
诺贝尔和平奖得主玛丽亚·科里娜·马查多周日在离开近一年后返回委内瑞拉。她的回归正值与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普政府关系紧张之际,后者继续支持临时总统德尔西·罗德里格斯,而非立即举行民主选举。
Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado returned to Venezuela on Sunday after nearly a year abroad. Her return comes amid strained ties with US President Donald Trump's administration, which continues to back interim President Delcy Rodriguez over immediate democratic elections.
委内瑞拉反对派领袖玛丽亚·科里娜·马查多周日在离开近一年后返回祖国,此前她曾多次试图回国失败,导致与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普政府的关系紧张。
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado returned to her home country on Sunday after nearly a year abroad, following several failed attempts to return that strained her relationship with US President Donald Trump's administration.
“我在这里。和你们在一起,”这位诺贝尔和平奖得主在社交媒体上写道。据其新闻团队分享的图片显示,马查多现身西部拉腊州的一座教堂。路透社记者目击到,支持者在她乘坐SUV离开时高唱国歌并高呼“自由!”她的团队表示,她将陆路前往加拉加斯。
"I'm here. With you all," the Nobel Peace Prize winner wrote on Machado appeared at a church in western Lara state, according to images shared by her press team. A Reuters witness said supporters sang the national anthem and shouted "liberty!" as she left in an SUV. Her team said she would travel by road to Caracas.
马查多的回归正值她与特朗普政府关系充满不确定性之际。自美国于1月将总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗赶下台以来,她一直寻求与特朗普政府结盟。路透社6月曾报道,美国官员曾至少一次要求她推迟回国,而她曾多次试图入境委内瑞拉均告失败。
Machado's return comes amid uncertainty over her relationship with the Trump administration, which she has sought to cultivate as an ally since before the US removed President Nicolas Maduro from power in January. US officials had asked her at least once to delay her return, Reuters reported in June, and she had made several unsuccessful attempts to enter Venezuela.
她的团队未透露她是如何设法回国的。然而,两名知情人士告诉路透社,马查多乘坐私人飞机从巴拿马飞往哥伦比亚,随后经陆路进入委内瑞拉。
Her team did not disclose how she managed to return to the country. However, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters that Machado took a private plane from Panama to Colombia before crossing overland into Venezuela.
特朗普周日表示,他不知情马查多的回国,并暗示华盛顿将继续支持临时总统德尔西·罗德里格斯——马杜罗的前副手。
Trump said on Sunday that he did not know about Machado's return and indicated that Washington would continue to support interim President Delcy Rodriguez, Maduro's former deputy.
“她是一位非常好的女性,”特朗普提到马查多时说。“但我们在委内瑞拉的情况非常好。”特朗普曾多次表达对罗德里格斯的支持,并欢迎美国公司与委内瑞拉石油行业及其他商业领域达成协议。9月,他说在该南美国家举行民主选举为时过早。
"She's a very nice woman," Trump said, referring to Machado. "But we're doing really well in Venezuela.”Trump has repeatedly expressed support for Rodriguez and welcomed deals involving US companies in Venezuela's oil industry and other business sectors. In September, he said it was too soon to consider holding democratic elections in the South American country.
与此同时,美国国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥将马查多得以返回的条件归因于美国支持的各政治派系和解谈判。
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, meanwhile, attributed the conditions for Machado's return to US-supported reconciliation talks between political factions.
鲁比奥在一份声明中说:“允许马查多女士安全返回委内瑞拉的条件,是美国支持的和解谈判的直接结果,这些谈判已经让数百名政治犯获释,并让数百名流亡在外的政治反对派人物回国。”
"The conditions allowing for the safe return of Ms. Machado to Venezuela are the direct result of the US-supported reconciliation talks which have already seen hundreds of political prisoners freed and hundreds of political opposition figures return from exile," Rubio said in a statement.
他敦促所有政治行为体支持这些谈判,并将其描述为三十年来实现委内瑞拉自由公正选举和持久民主的最佳机会。
He urged all political actors to support the talks, describing them as the best opportunity in three decades to achieve free and fair elections and lasting democracy in Venezuela.
一个反对派派系和临时政府本月举行了最新一轮谈判,讨论在最终选举到来前改革该国最高法院和选举委员会的计划。马查多的政治运动不参与这些谈判。
A faction of the opposition and the interim government held their latest round of talks this month, discussing plans to reform the country's top court and electoral council ahead of eventual elections. Machado's political movement is not part of the negotiations.
委内瑞拉通讯部没有立即回应路透社就她返回一事提出的置评请求。
The Venezuelan communications ministry did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment on her return.
与受害者和反对派领袖会面 马查多的首席外交事务顾问大卫·斯莫兰斯基告诉路透社,马查多计划会见政治犯家属、六月袭击委内瑞拉的致命地震的受害者、国际社会代表以及该国民主运动的领袖。斯莫兰斯基说:“她将积极争取自由公正选举的日期。”
MEETINGS WITH VICTIMS AND OPPOSITION LEADERS Machado plans to meet families of political prisoners, victims of the deadly earthquakes that struck Venezuela in June, representatives of the international community and leaders of the country's democratic movement, her top foreign affairs adviser David Smolansky told Reuters. "She will work proactively for a date for free and fair elections," Smolansky said.
支持者在拉腊州首府巴基西梅托欢迎她回国。“玛丽亚·科里娜·马查多将为委内瑞拉实现自由和民主,”69岁的埃尔南·阿达梅斯说。
Supporters welcomed her return in Barquisimeto, the capital of Lara state. "Maria Corina Machado will achieve liberty and democracy in Venezuela," said Hernan Adames, 69.
马查多曾主张,只有“严肃的民主政府”才能提供吸引投资者所需的稳定。上个月,在罗德里格斯和美国能源部长克里斯·赖特的见证下,国际能源公司承诺扩大在委内瑞拉的项目。
Machado has argued that only a "serious, democratic government" can provide the stability required to attract investors. Last month, international energy companies committed to expanding their projects in Venezuela at ag ceremony overseen by Rodriguez and US Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
反对派领导人曾在马杜罗政府统治下被禁止离开委内瑞拉。在大半时间里躲藏了一年多后,她于2025年底秘密离开该国,前往领取诺贝尔和平奖。
The opposition leader had been barred from leaving Venezuela under Maduro's government. After spending more than a year largely in hiding, she secretly left the country in late 2025 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
她领导的“委内瑞拉前进”运动于周六推出了一款应用程序,旨在收集居住在国外的委内瑞拉人的选民登记信息。该组织希望最终将这些数据与一个经过改革的选举委员会共享,以便用户能被正式列入选民名册。
Her Vente Venezuela movement launched an app on Saturday to collect voter registration information from Venezuelans living abroad. The group hopes to eventually share the data with a reformed electoral council so that users can be officially added to voter rolls.
由马查多运动支持的前总统候选人埃德蒙多·冈萨雷斯一直居住在西班牙,他在X平台上表示,他将很快前往委内瑞拉与她会合。
Edmundo Gonzalez, the former presidential candidate backed by Machado's movement who has been living in Spain, said on X that he would soon join her in Venezuela.