Trump to meet Machado next week

WASHINGTON, Jan 9: US President Donald Trump will meet Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in Washington next week, he said Thursday, adding that she intends to give him her Nobel Peace Prize, which he has long coveted.
The meeting would be the first between the US president and Machado, who left hiding in Venezuela to accept the award in Oslo last year, and comes just over a week after US forces toppled her rival, Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro.
"I understand she's coming in next week sometime, and I look forward to saying hello to her," Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity in an interview.
Trump said last week that Machado does not have the respect or support within Venezuela to lead the country and has since suggested the US could effectively control Venezuela for years.    �"AFP