Machado returns to Venezuela with one demand still unanswered
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned home after more than 10 months abroad, renewing pressure for elections whose date remains unannounced. Her arrival on 25 October drew crowds of supporters as the opposition seeks a clear timetable from…
Machado made her first public appearance in Barquisimeto before travelling by road to Caracas, where supporters gathered to welcome her. Her return puts a prominent opposition figure back inside the country as negotiations over Venezuela’s political future continue.
Machado left Venezuela in December 2025 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize after spending months in hiding. She had been barred from contesting the disputed 2024 presidential election against Nicolás Maduro.
