马修·李 华盛顿 —— 国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥周一表示，特朗普政府“几周几周前”就已告知委内瑞拉临时当局，反对派领袖玛丽亚·科里娜·马查多应被允许回国，因为该国正在推进明年大选的筹备工作。
MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that the Trump administration told Venezuela’s interim authorities “weeks and weeks ago” that opposition leader María Corina Machado should be allowed to return as the country moves ahead with preparing for elections next year.
鲁比奥在与记者的电话会议中表示，代理总统德尔西·罗德里格斯领导的政府回复美国称，马查多可以自由入境。马查多于周末返回委内瑞拉。
Rubio told reporters in a call that the government of acting President Delcy Rodríguez replied to the U.S. by saying that Machado was free to enter the country. Machado returned to Venezuela over the weekend.
鲁比奥说：“‘几周几周前，我们与临时当局进行了沟通，只是说，看，我们的期望是她是委内瑞拉人，她属于她的国家。那是她来自的国家。她应该被允许返回。她应该被允许不受干扰地返回。’”他指出，除了在6月发生毁灭性地震后的紧要关头，美国并未劝阻马查多返回委内瑞拉。他说，那是因为美国认为优先事项应是将人道主义和紧急救援物资送入该国。
“Weeks and weeks ago, we spoke to the interim authorities and just said, ‘Look, our expectation is that she’s a Venezuelan, she belongs in her country. That’s the country she’s from. She should be allowed to return. She should be allowed to return unperturbed,’” Rubio said. He noted that the U.S. had not discouraged Machado from returning to Venezuela except immediately after devastating earthquakes in June. He said that was because the U.S. believed the priority should be in getting humanitarian and emergency relief into the country.
鲁比奥是在委内瑞拉当局与反对派人士上周就改革该国选举程序的蓝图达成一致、以便于2027年某个时候举行自由公正的选举后发表上述讲话的。他说，特朗普政府——该政府曾在1月的一场军事行动中抓获时任总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗并将其带往美国面对贩毒指控——将密切关注事态发展，并敦促各方遵守新程序。
Rubio spoke after Venezuelan authorities and opposition figures agreed last week on a blueprint to reform the country’s electoral process in order for free and fair elections to take place at some point in 2027. He said the Trump administration, which captured then-President Nicolás Maduro in a January military operation and brought him to the U.S. to face drug-trafficking charges , would be watching events closely and urging all sides to comply with the new process.
鲁比奥说：“显然，我们需要利用我们对政府、对临时当局的影响力，确保进程以负责任的方式向前推进。我们的目标是举行选举。”马查多在2025年大半时间里一直在委内瑞拉躲藏，随后于同年12月秘密逃往挪威，在那里她获得了诺贝尔和平奖。后来她将奖章送给了唐纳德·特朗普总统。
“Obviously, we need to use our leverage with the government for the interim authorities to ensure that the process is moving forward in a responsible way,” Rubio said. “Our goal here is to have an election.”Machado had been in hiding in Venezuela for most of 2025 before making a clandestine escape that December to Norway, where she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize . She later gave her medal to President Donald Trump.
她于周日返回委内瑞拉，这是自美国推翻马杜罗并由其副总统罗德里格斯接任以来的首次公开露面，而罗德里格斯现已超出其获授权任职的期限，且尚未安排选举。
She returned to Venezuela on Sunday, her first appearance since the U.S. deposed Maduro and replaced him with Rodríguez, who had been his vice president and has now exceeded the time she was authorized to serve , with no election yet scheduled.
鲁比奥表示，美国的目标是协助建立一套可持续的选举架构，使各方对投票充满信心。
Rubio said the U.S. goal is to help put in a place a sustainable election architecture that will give all parties confidence in the vote.
鲁比奥说，要实现这一目标，委内瑞拉必须稳定经济、重建机构，包括法院和选举委员会，并提供一个开放的政治表达空间，这将取决于新闻自由和获取所有媒体渠道的机会，包括在线平台。
To get there, Rubio said Venezuela must stabilize its economy and rebuild its institutions, including its courts and electoral council, and provide an open space for political expression that will hinge on press freedom and access to all media outlets, including online platforms.