2018: Maria Machado Asked Benjamin Netanyahu for Israel’s Assistance in “Regime Change”

In December 2018, Maria Machado sent an open letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Argentine President Maurico Macri.[1] In the letter, Machado requested their support and influence to help remove the Venezuelan government led by President Nicolas Maduro. She requested that they “promote within the United Nations Security Council the adoption of effective protection measures for Venezuelans and the promotion of a process of regime change…” and concluded by saying “Your experience and influence can help advance urgent and decisive measures within the Security Council.”

Critics saw Machado’s letter as a call for foreign intervention to help remove her Country’s government. She was also condemned for seeking support from right-wing leaders like Netanyahu. Her position was contrasted with Venezuela’s government, which had cut diplomatic ties with Israel in 2009.

In June 2020, Machado gave an interview to the Israeli channel Arutz 20. Machado pledged to reestablish diplomatic relations with Israel and to move the Venezuelan embassy in Israel to Jerusalem if she won the Presidency.[1]

On July 21, 2020, Machado’s Vente Venezuela party announced it had signed a cooperation agreement with Israel’s Likud party, headed by President Netanyahu. The agreement was signed by Machado and Eli Vered Hazan, representing Likud’s Foreign Relations Division. The political organizations announced that the cooperation will include “political, ideological, and social issues, as well as progress on issues related to strategy, geopolitics, and security” so that this closeness will become an “operational partnership” all framed with the Western values to which both parties subscribe. [1]



1.     Alba Ciudad, Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado congratulated Genocidaire Benjamin Netanyahu for Israel’s “achievements,” October 17, 2025

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