加拉加斯：委内瑞拉反对派领导人玛丽亚·科里娜·马查多周四（10月29日）感谢美国总统唐纳德·特朗普政府，称其通过在1月抓获总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗，打开了“自由之门”。
CARACUS: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Thursday (Oct 29) thanked the government of US President Donald Trump for opening the "floodgate to freedom" by capturing president Nicolas Maduro in January.
这位诺贝尔和平奖获得者在从流亡中返回委内瑞拉后，于加拉加斯举行的新闻发布会上发表讲话。
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate spoke at a press conference in Caracas after returning to Venezuela from 10 months in exile.
“感谢他们的远见、勇气以及1月3日的行动，自由之门已被打开，”马查多说，并点名了特朗普、其政府以及美国国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥。
"Thanks to their vision, their courage, and their action on January 3, the floodgate to freedom has been opened," Machado said, naming Trump, his administration and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
不过，她对华盛顿与加拉加斯今年早些时候达成的一项重大石油交易持更为批评的态度，质疑其缺乏透明度。
She was more critical of a massive oil deal struck between Washington and Caracas earlier this year, however, questioning its opacity.
“该协议不符合委内瑞拉社会所期望的透明度水平，”她指这项协议称，委内瑞拉将把其广阔石油储备的20%移交给美国。
"This agreement does not reflect the levels of transparency that Venezuelan society wants," she said of the accord that will see Venezuela hand over 20 per cent of its vast oil reserves to the US.
马杜罗于1月被美军在委内瑞拉其住所的一次军事突袭中抓获。他和他的妻子被匆匆带往纽约，面临贩毒及其他指控。
Maduro was seized by US forces in January in a military raid on his compound in Venezuela. He and his wife were whisked to New York to face drug trafficking and other charges.
马查多去年12月偷偷离开委内瑞拉，前往领取诺贝尔和平奖，此前她已躲藏近一年。她周四表示，她返回是为了在未来的总统选举前“动员社会”。
Machado slipped out of Venezuela last December to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, after spending nearly a year in hiding. She returned to "mobilise society" ahead of future presidential elections, she said on Thursday.
她说，鲁比奥“制定了一系列旨在推动民主过渡的事件，明确总统选举将于2027年举行”。委内瑞拉过渡政府已承诺举行选举，但至今尚未设定日期。
Rubio "has set out a sequence of events aimed at moving toward a democratic transition that makes clear the holding of presidential elections in 2027," she said. Venezuela's interim government has promised elections, but so far has not set a date.
过渡领导人德尔西·罗德里格斯周四再次重申这一承诺，同样未给出时间表。
Interim leader Delcy Rodriguez reiterated the promise, again without laying out a timeline, on Thursday.
“将会有选举……全世界将见证，”罗德里格斯在马查多新闻发布会前不久表示。
"There will be elections... with the world as witness," Rodriguez said shortly before Machado's press conference.