# Venezuela opposition leader María Machado calls for elections on return

https://mins.news/en/item/121960

- BBC News, 2026-10-29 21:05 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck054d5mnzreo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> After nearly a year in exile, opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela and called for elections next year, describing the country’s transition towards democracy as “irreversible”. Interim President Delcy Rodríguez also said elections would be held but gave no date; Machado said it was illogical for Rodríguez’s government to oversee the transition.

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