Nobel laureate Machado says Venezuela is ‘ready’ for new elections

Exiled Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Luis Alberto Machado has called for transparent elections and an end to the country's political crisis.

Machado, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1980, has been critical of the Maduro government's handling of the country's economic and political situation.

He has also called for an end to US sanctions on Venezuela and for the international community to play a role in mediating the crisis.