María Corina Machado on When Venezuela May Hold Democratic Elections | Amanpour and Company

A leader deposed, a newly compliant regime, and enriched uranium safely removed from the country. What sounds like President Trump’s ideal endgame for Iran is, in fact, already unfolding in Venezuela. Four months after the U.S. invaded Caracas and captured leader Nicolas Maduro, major oil companies are working to ink production deals as the White House pushes to unlock Venezuela’s vast energy reserves. The U.S. Department of Energy says enriched uranium has been removed from the country and flown to South Carolina — another sign of the close ties being forged between Washington and interim president Delcy Rodríguez. But, as Trump revels in this new partnership, what has become of the promise of democratic elections? It’s a question on the mind of opposition leader María Corina Machado, now in exile after leaving the country to accept her Nobel Peace Prize late last year — a prize she promptly gave to Trump. Machado joins Christiane from Washington. Originally aired on May 11, 2026 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major support for Amanpour and Company is provided by the Anderson Family Endowment, Jim Attwood and Leslie Williams, Candace King Weir, the Sylvia A. and Simon B. Poyta Programming Endowment to Fight Antisemitism, the Straus Family Foundation, The Peter G. Peterson & Joan Ganz Cooney Fund, Charles Rosenblum, Monique Schoen Warshaw, Koo and Patricia Yuen and Barbara Hope Zuckerberg. Subscribe to the Amanpour and Company channel here: https://bit.ly/2EMIkTJ Subscribe to our daily newsletter to find out who's on each night: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-... For more from Amanpour and Company, including full episodes, click here: https://to.pbs.org/2NBFpjf This program is made possible by viewers like you. Please support your local PBS station: http://www.pbs.org/donate Like Amanpour and Company on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2HNx3EF Follow Amanpour and Company on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2HLpjTI Follow Amanpour and Company on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3SaTUhk Watch Amanpour and Company weekdays on PBS (check local listings). Amanpour and Company features wide-ranging, in-depth conversations with global thought leaders and cultural influencers on the issues and trends impacting the world each day, from politics, business and technology to arts, science and sports. Christiane Amanpour leads the conversation on global and domestic news from London with contributions by prominent journalists Walter Isaacson, Michel Martin, and Hari Sreenivasan from the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center in New York City. #amanpourpbs