Venezuelan opposition leader Machado returns home after year away
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has returned to her home country after spending nearly a year in exile. She was greeted by supporters in Barquisimeto following her arrival in Caracas.
Why it matters
Machado's return is a high-stakes development in Venezuela's ongoing political crisis and opposition movement.
Venezuelan opposition leader Machado returns home after year away left Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado reacts as she greets supporters upon her arrival in Caracas on October 25, 2026. Machado returned to her home country on October 25, 2026, after almost a year in exile, greeting ecstatic supporters at a church in the city of Barquisimeto.
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