# Thousands welcome opposition leader Maria Corina Machado back to Caracas

https://mins.news/en/item/115623

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-26 10:14 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/26/thousands-greet-opposition-leader-maria-machado-upon-return-to-caracas?traffic_source=rss

> Thousands lined Caracas streets to greet Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado as she returned home after 10 months in exile. She left last December, shortly before the United States abducted President Nicolas Maduro and backed his deputy, Delcy Rodriguez, as leader.

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