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After nearly 10 months in exile, Ms. Machado, a Nobel laureate, came back to challenge leaders who have sidelined her and press for new elections.
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NYTimes – World NYT
María Corina Machado Returns to Venezuela
After nearly 10 months in exile, Ms. Machado, the Nobel laureate and leader of Venezuela’s opposition, returned to challenge leaders who have sidelined her and press for new elections.
TIME
Exiled Opposition Leader María Corina Machado Returns to Venezuela
The Nobel laureate returned to Caracas as Venezuelans demand elections while she remained sidelined from negotiations over the country’s democratic transition.
Al Jazeera
Thousands greet opposition leader Maria Machado upon return to Caracas
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BBC News – World BBC
Crowds welcome Venezuela's María Machado after months in exile
The Venezuelan opposition leader spent more than 10 months in exile after escaping the country on a speedboat.
DW
Venezuela: Opposition leader Machado returns from exile, received by thousands of supporters in Caracas
Nobel Peach Prize winner and popular Venezuelan political opposition figure Maria Corina Machado has returned from nearly a year in exile. She was greeted by thousands of cheering supporters in Caracas.
DW
Venezuelan opposition leader Machado returns from exile
Nobel Peace Prize winner and popular Venezuelan political opposition figure Maria Corina Machado has returned after nearly a year away. She was greeted by thousands of cheering supporters in Caracas.
Al Jazeera
Venezuela’s opposition leader Machado returns after months in exile
Venezuela’s opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado returned home after more than 10 months.
Al Jazeera
Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado returns from exile
The Nobel laureate's homecoming follows national protests demanding free elections.
Guardian
Exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado returns to Venezuela
Nobel peace prize winner’s return after almost a year in exile is unlikely to please interim president Delcy Rodríguez The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has announced she has returned to Venezuela almost a year after she left the country to receive the Nobel peace prize. “I’m here. With you,” she wrote on X on Sunday lunchtime. Continue reading...
France 24
Opposition leader Machado returns to Venezuela after 10 months in exile
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado announced on Sunday that she has returned to her homeland following almost a year in exile, after covertly leaving Venezuela in late 2025 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She returns as doubts about her country’s democratic future and the role of the US are growing.
Sky News – World Sky
Exiled opposition leader announces shock return to Venezuela
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has returned to the country nearly a year after her daring escape.
PBS
Venezuela's opposition leader Machado returns after months in exile
It was her first appearance since the U.S. military deposed the country's then-President Nicolás Maduro, replacing him with an interim president who has exceeded the time she was authorized to serve, with no election scheduled.
Euronews
María Corina Machado back in Venezuela after 10 months in exile
The opposition leader was last in Venezuela in in December 2025, after which she left to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. Since then, she has carried out much of her political activity from the United States and Panama.
BBC News – World BBC
Venezuelan opposition leader María Machado returns after months in exile
Machado had left the country just a month before the US government seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
NPR – World NPR
