Venezuelan opposition leader Machado returns home after more than 10 months in exile
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela after more than 10 months in exile, she announced on X on Sunday, writing: "I am here. With you." Her ally, former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, confirmed the news minutes later, saying he was thrilled to announce that "our leader, my dear María Corina, is on Venezuelan soil." In January, a month after Machado left Venezuela to accept the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway, the US seized her opponent, President Nicolás Maduro. The Trump administration then backed his deputy, Delcy Rodríguez, as leader, and she was sworn in as interim president, later signing an oil deal with the US. The BBC said this is a breaking news story that is being updated.
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By: Grace Eliza Goodwin
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned home to a fraught political landscape after over 10 months in exile.
"I am here. With you," Machado wrote on X on Sunday.
Her ally, former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, confirmed the news minutes later, writing: "I am thrilled to announce to you that our leader, my dear María Corina, is on Venezuelan soil."
In January, a month after Machado left Venezuela to accept the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway, the US seized her opponent, President Nicolás Maduro.
The Trump administration then backed his deputy, Delcy Rodríguez, as leader, and she was sworn in as interim president, later signing an oil deal with the US.
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María Corina Machado Returns to Venezuela After 10 Months in Exile, Presses for Elections