# Venezuelan opposition leader Machado returns from exile to a crowd of thousands in Caracas

https://mins.news/en/item/115520

- DW, 2026-10-26 09:08 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/venezuela-opposition-leader-machado-returns-from-exile-received-by-thousands-of-supporters-in-caracas/a-79759187?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition figure María Corina Machado returned to Caracas on Sunday after nearly a year away, greeted by thousands of cheering supporters. She left Venezuela last December to receive the prize and had been unable to return because she feared detention by the authorities.

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