00:02Opposition leader and noble laureate Maria Corina Machado is back in Venezuela.
00:07On Monday, she said she was ready to talk to the interim president.
00:10Machado reappeared in Caracas Sunday for the first time since December,
00:15a return after nearly nine years of exile.
00:18This is her first appearance since the US military deposed the country's then-president, Nicolas Maduro, in January.
00:25The opposition leader has reached out to acting president Delce Rodriguez,
00:30saying she is prepared to hold talks with the woman who represents the legacy of Nicolas Maduro.
00:36Rodriguez, who took the position with Washington's blessing, has exceeded the time she was authorized to serve,
00:42but has remained in office and has made no move to call an election.
00:47Machado and her allies have been demanding a date for elections.
00:51US President Donald Trump said he wasn't aware of Machado's return.
00:55I don't know anything about her, but I think she's a very nice woman.
00:59She gave me her Nobel Prize, so how can I say anything else?
01:04And I hope she's safe. She's a very nice woman.
01:07But we're doing really well in Venezuela.
01:10For US Secretary of State Marco Rubio,
01:13the priority is to stabilize the country's economy and rebuilding its institutions.
01:18Can I catch you on the one?
01:20Let's begin.
