Venezuelan Nobel laureate and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Sunday voiced support for the Donald Trump administration's pressure campaign against President Nicolas Maduro.

Machado's comments, which were aired on Sunday, comes amid increasing pressure by the Trump administration on the Maduro, with the latest action being the seizure of an oil tanker, which Venezuela decried as an act of "international piracy". Also Read | Rescued at sea: How Venezuela’s Machado survived the riskiest leg of her escape

"I absolutely support President Trump's strategy, and we, the Venezuelan people, are very grateful to him and to his administration, because I believe he is a champion of freedom in this hemisphere," said the Venezuelan leader who won the prestigious honour that the US Presi

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