民主党议员敦促委内瑞拉政府举行选举。此前，反对派领导人玛丽亚·科里纳·马查多在流亡近一年后于近日返回该国。
Democratic lawmakers urged the Venezuelan government to hold elections following opposition leader María Corina Machado’s recent return to the country after nearly a year in exile.
参议院外交关系委员会首席民主党人、新罕布什尔州参议员珍妮·沙欣周一在社交平台X上分享的一份声明中称，马查多返回委内瑞拉是“好消息”。
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called Machado’s return to Venezuela “welcome news” in a statement shared to social platform X Monday.
“这是向前迈出的令人鼓舞的一步，”沙欣说。“特朗普政府和德尔西·罗德里格斯政权现在必须确保她的安全，并迅速推进选举和民主过渡。”马查多于周日宣布回国，她一直推动该国明年举行选举，并表示将竞选该国最高职位。她领导中右翼的“委内瑞拉来吧”党，对抗已执政近三十年的执政党委内瑞拉统一社会主义党。
“This is an encouraging step forward,” Shaheen said. “The Trump Administration and the Delcy Rodríguez regime must now ensure her safety and swiftly advance toward elections and a democratic transition.”Machado, who announced her return Sunday, has pushed for the country to hold elections next year and indicated she would run for the country’s top office. She leads the center-right Vente Venezuela party, countering the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela — which has held onto power for almost three decades.
“时机到来时，我将成为总统。但这不重要。这应该由委内瑞拉人民在选举中决定，”她在二月份接受哥伦比亚广播公司《面对全国》节目采访时说。
“I will be president when the time comes. But it doesn’t matter. That should be decided in elections by the Venezuelan people,” she said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” in February.
特朗普总统支持委内瑞拉副总统、执政党成员德尔西·罗德里格斯领导该国。此前，其政府在今年早些时候抓获了领导人尼古拉斯·马杜罗及其妻子。
President Trump backed Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, a member of the ruling party, to lead the country after his administration captured leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife earlier this year.
马查多去年获得诺贝尔和平奖，以表彰她为证明同为反对派领导人的埃德蒙多·冈萨雷斯是该国2024年总统选举经核实的获胜者所做的努力。
Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize last year for her efforts to prove her fellow opposition leader Edmundo González was the verified winner of the country’s 2024 presidential election.
她后来在1月于白宫的一次会面中，将这一奖项赠予了长期觊觎该荣誉的特朗普。
She later presented the award to Trump, who has long coveted this honor, during a meeting at the White House in January.
特朗普在回应CNN的朱莉娅·本布鲁克关于马查多从委内瑞拉返回的提问时提到了这份礼物，而他当时并不知道马查多已回国。
Trump noted this gift in response to a question from CNN’s Julia Benbrook on Machado’s return from Venezuela, which he was unaware of at the time of the exchange.
“我对此一无所知，但我认为她是一位非常好的女性，”他说。“她把她的诺贝尔奖给了我，我还能说什么呢？我希望她平安。”参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默（民主党-纽约州）在周二的一篇X帖子中称马查多的回归是“委内瑞拉人民期盼已久的时刻”。
“I don’t know anything about it, but I think she’s a very nice woman,” he said. “She gave me her Nobel Prize, so how can I say anything else? And I hope she’s safe.”Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) heralded Machado’s return as a “moment long awaited by the people of Venezuela” in a Tuesday X post.
“当我与[马查多]会面时，我们谈到了民主委内瑞拉的重要性，以及自由公正选举的必要性，”舒默写道。“委内瑞拉人理应有权选举他们的总统——没有时间可以浪费了。”
“When I met with [Machado], we talked about the importance of a democratic Venezuela, and the need for free and fair elections,” Schumer wrote. “Venezuelans deserve the right to elect their president—there is no time to waste.”
在周一的一篇帖子中，民主党参议员迪克·德宾（伊利诺伊州）称这位反对派领袖的回归是“好消息，理应坚定地推动该国走上明年自由公正选举的明确道路”。共和党议员也庆祝马查多的回归，并敦促委内瑞拉领导层保障她的安全。
In a Monday post, Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.) called the opposition leader’s return “welcome news that should decidedly move the country toward a clear path to free & fair elections next year.”Republican lawmakers also celebrated Machado’s return and urged Venezuelan leadership to guarantee her safety.
众议员卡洛斯·希门尼斯（共和党-佛罗里达州）在周一的一篇X帖子中称这位反对派领袖是“委内瑞拉人民的合法领袖”。
Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.) called the opposition leader the “legitimate leader of the Venezuelan people” in a Monday X post.
“她的安全与福祉至关重要，”他写道。“德尔西和豪尔赫的可悲独裁政权将不惜一切代价破坏和恐吓她。他们对玛丽亚·科里纳遭受的任何伤害负有直接责任。”
“Her safety & wellbeing is of the utmost importance,” he wrote. “Delcy & Jorge’s pathetic dictatorship will stop at nothing to undermine and intimidate her. They will be held directly responsible for any harm that comes María Corina’s way.”
众议员马里奥·迪亚斯-巴拉特（共和党-佛罗里达州）在周日晚间的一篇帖子中敦促，“必须始终保障”马查多的“安全”。
Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-Fla.) urged in a Sunday evening post that Machado’s “safety must be guaranteed at all times.”
“今天的事件表明过渡进程正在推进，委内瑞拉的自由与民主比以往任何时候都更近了，”迪亚斯-巴拉特写道。“委内瑞拉人民并不孤单。”参议员里克·斯科特（共和党-佛罗里达州）称马查多的回归对美国而言是一个“关键时刻”，并提到国务卿马可·卢比奥在特朗普政府下为推动该国向民主过渡所做的努力。
“Today’s event is a sign that the transition process is advancing, and that freedom and democracy in Venezuela are closer than ever,” Díaz-Balart wrote. “The Venezuelan people are not alone.”Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) called Machado’s return a “pivotal moment” for the U.S. and noted Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s efforts under the Trump administration to transition the country into a democracy.
“在卢比奥国务卿努力争取自由公正选举之际，玛丽亚已经回到了家，”斯科特周一写道。
“As Secretary Rubio works toward securing free and fair elections, Maria has returned home,” Scott wrote Monday.
“我们离一个自由、民主的委内瑞拉如此之近——一个作为美国伙伴、为我们的国家安全和经济安全提供资产、而非成为我们自家后院威胁的国家，”他继续说道。“这就是‘美国优先’付诸行动的样子。”
“We are so close to a free, democratic, Venezuela – a nation which acts as a partner to the U.S. and asset to our national and economic security instead of a threat in our own backyard,” he continued. “This is what America First looks like in action.”