Venezuelan opposition leader María Machado returns after months in exile
The opposition leader returned to press for free elections and meet earthquake survivors, after supporters and allies said she made seven failed return attempts.
- After more than 10 months in exile, Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela on Sunday, entering a political landscape reshaped by the United States without her involvement.
- Machado attempted to re-enter Venezuela seven times over previous months without success, including failed efforts in June during earthquake relief and three denials in September while acting President Delcy Rodríguez attended the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
- Following President Nicolás Maduro's January ousting, the United States began steering Venezuela toward democratic transition through the acting government, though the process excluded Machado and opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia.
- In late August, President Donald Trump announced a U.S. agreement to take majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves, which Machado questioned in a video statement as signed by an illegitimate regime.
- Trump claimed Machado 'does not have the support or the respect within the country' to lead, while the acting government has yet to announce a date for elections promised at the General Assembly.
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State Department: Venezuela Will Renovate Top Court by End of Year, Paving Way for Elections
A senior State Department official told reporters on Monday that the U.S. government expects the two sides negotiating the reconstruction of the government of Venezuela to have established a new, legitimate Supreme Court before the end of 2026 and a new National Electoral Council (CNE) by early 2027, paving the way for elections.
Popular opposition politician Maria Corina Machado returns home to Venezuela with demands for early elections. This is met with resistance from both the United States and the country's government.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned this Sunday to Venezuela after being more than 10 months out of the country, from where she left last December clandestinely to travel to Norway to receive the Nobel Prize...
Machado Is Back in Venezuela. The Question Conservatives Should Be Asking Is Who's Actually in Charge.
Opposition icon María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela on October 25 after ten months in exile, nearly a year after a U.S. military operation captured Nicolás Maduro. But the Maduro ally the Trump administration chose to back is still ruling past her legal mandate — and no election date has been set. Here's the verified timeline and the open questions. The post Machado Is Back in Venezuela. The Question Conservatives Should Be Asking Is Who’…
Home, but not free
María Corina Machado is back in Venezuela, but the old regime “still persists today,” says Venezuela expert Brian Fonseca. Her return may signal an opening for democracy. But can that opening last while the old regime’s power structure remains in place?
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