# Exiled Venezuelan opposition leader announces her return

https://mins.news/en/item/114903

- The Guardian, 2026-10-25 17:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/25/exiled-venezuelan-opposition-leader-maria-corina-machado-announces-her-return

> Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says she has returned after nearly a year abroad. Her ally Edmundo González confirmed her arrival; social media footage placed her in Barquisimeto, in Lara state. Her return is unlikely to please interim president Delcy Rodríguez.

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