# Only democratic government can provide stability for Venezuelan oil investors, opposition leader says

https://mins.news/en/item/44060

- Reuters, 2026-09-03 16:10 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/only-democratic-government-can-provide-stability-oil-investors-venezuelan-2026-09-03/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a999be348059c000187bb16

> Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado said in a video message on Thursday that only a “serious, democratic government” can provide the stability investors in the country’s oil sector need.

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