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María Corina Machado ready to step up as vice president when Venezuela undergoes democratic transition 1:16

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said Friday that she is focused on an orderly transition of power in her country should President Nicolás Maduro leave power and that she is confident Venezuela’s police and armed forces would not oppose such a transition.

Speaking as the US government ramps up pressure on Venezuela’s authoritarian leader, Machado said the crisis in her home country is a key national security consideration for the United States.

“It has become very clear that the Venezuelan conflict is absolutely

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