María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, believes that it is possible for elections to be held in Venezuela in less than a year, although she has not discussed this topic with the President of the United States, Donald Trump, according to an interview published by the digital media outlet Politico. «We believe that a transition process with manual voting could be completed in a timeframe of nine to ten months. However, that depends on when it starts,» Machado stated, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025 and is currently in the United States.