# Venezuelan opposition leader Machado says US backs 2027 election

https://mins.news/en/item/121824

- DW, 2026-10-30 03:08 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/venezuela-opposition-leader-maria-corina-machado-says-us-backs-2027-election/a-79803426?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> After 10 months in exile, opposition leader Maria Corina Machado returned to Venezuela and said the country was moving toward a US-prescribed presidential election in 2027. She called the democratic transition irreversible, thanked Trump and criticized the oil deal with Washington over transparency. Interim President Delcy Rodriguez also said elections would take place but gave no date.

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