From exile to rebuilding: María Corina Machado's plan for a new Venezuela

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From exile to rebuilding: María Corina Machado's plan for a new Venezuela

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In a different world, María Corina Machado would be leading Venezuela. That’s exactly what many Venezuelans expected after authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro was ousted from power earlier this year following his capture by U.S. forces.

Instead, the opposition leader, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting democracy, is on the outside looking in, even though Maduro is sitting in a U.S. prison. So, when does Machado plan to return to her home country? And how much of the groundwork can she begin to lay from hiding?

In this episode of NPR's Newsmakers, Machado sat down with Mary Louise Kelly at NPR headquarters this month to discuss her new book The Freedom Manifesto, the difficult task of rebuilding from the ground up, and the pressures she faces not only as a global figure, but as a human being and mother.

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