What's on María Corina Machado's mind?
sized by share of brain — tap one to pop it open · "everything else" is the back of her mind, up close
Another round of post-Maduro talks wraps with nothing announced
Government and opposition delegations closed a negotiating round, and The Economist got a look inside the room she isn't sitting in.
Venezuela govt, opposition wrap up round of post-Maduro talks
Yahoo News UK · 2026-08-13she needs the process to keep moving without her fingerprints on any compromise — every round that ends quietly is a round nobody can blame her for
how sure? very sure · see the 2 sources
Venezuela govt, opposition wrap up round of post-Maduro talks
Yahoo News UK · 2026-08-13Inside Venezuela’s high-stakes political negotiations
economist.com · 2026-08-13The Washington lobbying retainer is now a story in itself
Responsible Statecraft reports she is hiring DC lobbyists to secure access to Venezuela's future.
Maria Machado hiring DC lobbyists for access to Venezuela's future
Responsible Statecraft · 2026-08-13she is buying a seat in the only capital whose opinion actually moves the outcome, and she knows the invoice will be read back to her as a loyalty test
how sure? pretty sure · see the 1 source
Maria Machado hiring DC lobbyists for access to Venezuela's future
Responsible Statecraft · 2026-08-13Caracas protesters want the transition terms read out loud
A protest in Caracas denounced the secrecy surrounding the transition negotiations.
Caracas protest denounces secrecy of Venezuela transition talks
Yahoo News UK · 2026-08-12the closed door protects the deal and corrodes her mandate at the same time — she'd rather absorb the shouting than reopen the terms in public
how sure? pretty sure · see the 1 source
Caracas protest denounces secrecy of Venezuela transition talks
Yahoo News UK · 2026-08-12Still pricing the mandate above a fast handshake
The Economist frames the negotiations as high-stakes; the latest round ended without a settlement to show for it.
Venezuela govt, opposition wrap up round of post-Maduro talks
Yahoo News UK · 2026-08-13speed would hand her a government, legitimacy hands her a country — she takes the slower one and lets everyone else look impatient
how sure? honestly, a hunch · see the 2 sources
Venezuela govt, opposition wrap up round of post-Maduro talks
Yahoo News UK · 2026-08-13Inside Venezuela’s high-stakes political negotiations
economist.com · 2026-08-13Another round of post-Maduro talks wraps with nothing announced
Government and opposition delegations closed a negotiating round, and The Economist got a look inside the room she isn't sitting in.
Venezuela govt, opposition wrap up round of post-Maduro talks
Yahoo News UK · 2026-08-13she needs the process to keep moving without her fingerprints on any compromise — every round that ends quietly is a round nobody can blame her for
Inside Venezuela’s high-stakes political negotiations
news.google.com · 2026-08-14every line on the pad traces to something public — tap to see it
Maria Machado hiring DC lobbyists for access to Venezuela's future
news.google.com · 2026-08-14every line on the pad traces to something public — tap to see it
Debrief the delegation on what the round actually produced
every line on the pad traces to something public — tap to see it
Caracas protest denounces secrecy of Venezuela transition talks
news.google.com · 2026-08-14every line on the pad traces to something public — tap to see it
the other 32% — quieter, but still in there32%
power from outside the room
the negotiation is being written up in detail and her name shapes it without her chair being in the photo.
Inside Venezuela’s high-stakes political negotiations
economist.com · 2026-08-13DC calls the shot
you don't retain lobbyists in Washington unless you think Washington is where the transition is actually graded.
Maria Machado hiring DC lobbyists for access to Venezuela's future
Responsible Statecraft · 2026-08-13opposition divided over talks
the people in the street complaining about secrecy are not the regime's people, which is the awkward part.
Caracas protest denounces secrecy of Venezuela transition talks
Yahoo News UK · 2026-08-12Maduro talks from a cell
the wires now call them 'post-Maduro talks', and the open question is what he is still permitted to say.
Venezuela govt, opposition wrap up round of post-Maduro talks
Yahoo News UK · 2026-08-13based in Panama
still directing a Caracas transition from a different country, which makes every flight schedule a political document.
still coming home
the promise to return hasn't expired; it just keeps getting rescheduled around other people's timetables.
peace-prize glow
the prize buys her patience from foreign editors that she does not get from her own base.
record popularity
polling strength is the only leverage that doesn't need a signature, so she keeps checking it.