Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Monday downplayed fears that President Donald Trump had reached an understanding of coexistence with strongman Nicolás Maduro following a deal reached last week in Caracas in which the socialist regime agreed to receive thousands of her countrymen deported from the United States.

María Corina Machado urged her compatriots to maintain hope while vowing to fight for democracy after a senior Trump envoy cut a deal with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to facilitate U.S. deportations.

Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado said she spoke with an envoy of President Donald Trump who secured the release of six American prisoners after a meeting with President Nicolás Maduro last week.