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Crowds welcome Venezuela's María Machado after months in exile

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In short

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who has been in exile for over 10 months, has returned to her home country after a failed attempt to re-enter. Machado, who was previously in Norway, attended Mass at a church in Lara and was greeted with jubilant supporters. This event came after several prior failed attempts to re-enter the country. The return of Machado comes amid ongoing political tensions and attempts to remove her from power.

Key points

  • Machado, who has been in exile for over 10 months, has returned to her home country after…: Machado, who has been in exile for over 10 months, has returned to her home country after a failed attempt to re-enter.
  • Machado, who was previously in Norway, attended Mass at a church in Lara and was greeted…: Machado, who was previously in Norway, attended Mass at a church in Lara and was greeted with jubilant supporters.
  • This event came after several prior failed attempts to re-enter the country.: This event came after several prior failed attempts to re-enter the country.

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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned home after more than 10 months in exile.

"I am here. With you," Machado wrote on X on Sunday. Her return came after several prior efforts to re-enter the country came to no avail.

Machado attended Mass at a church in the state of Lara, and was surrounded by jubilant supporters.

Later, huge crowds lined the route of her journey through Caracas

The US seized her opponent, President Nicolás Maduro, last January. The move came a month after Machado escaped Venezuela under cover of darkness to accept the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway.

The Trump administration then backed his deputy, Delcy Rodríguez, as leader and she was sworn in as interim president.

Original source: www.bbc.co.uk

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