Opposition leader María Machado returns from exile to a Venezuela reshaped by Trump
Opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela following a period of exile. The political landscape has shifted significantly since her departure, marked by the removal of Nicolás Maduro from power by US forces.
Why it matters
The return of a key opposition figure during a period of major political transition in Venezuela is a pivotal moment for the country's future governance.
Image source, Getty Images By Will Grant BBC's Mexico, Central America and Cuba correspondent Published 1 hour ago Driving down roads lined with jubilant supporters from the western state of Lara to the capital Caracas, Maria Corina Machado's return to Venezuela could hardly have been more different to her exit 10 months earlier.
Colourful, loud, open and defiant, it stood in stark contrast to the way the Venezuelan opposition leader slipped out of the country in the dead of night in December last year to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.
She had been unable to make it back to her homeland until now, thwarted on several occasions by the Venezuelan government - and by the Trump administration, which insisted the "time wasn't right" for her return.
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