Summary
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado announced that she had returned to Venezuela, nearly a year after leaving the country. Her ally Edmundo González confirmed her arrival, and social media footage showed her with supporters in Barquisimeto; it remained unclear how she entered the country.Key Facts
- Machado announced her return in a post on X on Sunday.
- Edmundo González, who is in exile, confirmed Machado had arrived in Venezuela.
- Social media footage showed Machado among supporters at a church in Barquisimeto, in Lara state.
- Machado left Venezuela last December, weeks before Nicolás Maduro was captured in January.
- The article says the Trump administration had reportedly opposed Machado’s return, fearing it could complicate relations with interim president Delcy Rodríguez.
- After Maduro’s capture, President Donald Trump backed Rodríguez rather than Machado, despite claims that Machado’s movement had won the 2024 presidential election.
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