Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado Makes Triumphant Return After Months of Exile

10/26/2026

Machado had left the country just a month before the US government seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

10/26/2026

Opposition leader María Corina Machado greets the crowd gathered around her vehicle amidst supporters in Caracas, Venezuela on Oct. 25, 2026 —Jesus Vargas—Getty Images "I am here. With you."...

10/26/2026

The Venezuelan opposition leader spent more than 10 months in exile after escaping the country on a speedboat.

10/25/2026

María Corina Machado's return to Venezuela could reshape opposition dynamics as Edmundo González vows to join her and push for democratic elections.

10/25/2026

Machado announced her arrival on social media, writing "I am here. With you."(Image credit: Jesus Hernandez)

10/25/2026

On Sunday afternoon, Machado strode into a church in the town of Lara, west of Caracas, to the applause of dozens gathered there.

10/25/2026

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela on Sunday after being in exile for 10 months. "Estoy aquí. Con ustedes," she wrote Sunday on social platform X, which...

10/25/2026

Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez wrote on X, confirming Machado's arrival and saying he would be next to her "very soon."

10/25/2026

Maria Corina Machado, the opposition leader in Venezuela, returned to the country after nearly 11 months of exile.

10/25/2026

Acting President Delcy Rodriguez was initially supposed to serve only 90 days as acting president, but has remained in office and has made no move to call an election

10/25/2026

Venezuelan opposition ⁠leader Maria Corina Machado was greeted by tens of thousands of cheering supporters as she made ⁠her way by car to Caracas on Sunday night, after she arrived home following...

10/26/2026

Nobel peace prize winner’s return after almost a year in exile is unlikely to please interim president Delcy RodríguezThe Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has announced she has...

10/26/2026

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado announced on Sunday that she has returned to the Latin American nation almost a year after she left the country to receive her Nobel Peace Prize.

10/26/2026

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10/25/2026

Opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado reappeared in Venezuela Sunday for the first time since December, about a month before the U.S. military deposed the country's...

10/25/2026

Opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado returned from exile to Venezuela for the first time since December, amid rising doubts over the country’s democracy and U.S. involvement....

10/25/2026

The Nobel laureate reappeared in Venezuela for the first time since December.

10/25/2026

Opposition leader and Nobel laureate Maria Corina Machado reappeared in Venezuela Sunday for the first time since December, about a month before the U.S. military deposed the country's...

10/25/2026

Machado covertly snuck out of the South American country in December with a private U.S. rescue team to accept the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize in Norway.

10/25/2026

Exiled Nobel laureate María Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela for the first time since December and is testing the U.S.-backed government.

10/25/2026

Banned from leaving Venezuela by the Maduro government in 2014, Machado escaped the country late last year to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

10/26/2026

She will push for elections to happen much sooner than Donald Trump had in mind

10/25/2026

Her attempts to re-enter the country have tested relations with the Trump administration

10/25/2026

The Venezuelan opposition leader returned home from exile to a country firmly under American control. How are her relations with Washington?

10/25/2026

The opposition leader’s return to Venezuela argues for an early date and process for a new election.