# Why Machado’s return to Venezuela matters

https://mins.news/en/video/115943

- DW News, 2026-10-26 14:08 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWSl6BLzUCE

> María Corina Machado is back in Venezuela, where thousands of supporters filled Caracas’s streets to welcome the Nobel Peace Prize winner home after months in exile. Her return could be a defining moment for the country’s most influential opposition leader, but it remains to be seen whether she can turn public backing into political change.

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