Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned home after over 10 months in exile. Machado, who accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway in January, has been living in Norway. Her ally, former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, confirmed the news on Sunday, writing: "I am thrilled to announce to you that our leader, my dear María Corina, is on Venezuelan soil." Machado's return comes as Venezuela faces a political crisis, with the US seizing her opponent, President Nicolás Maduro, and…
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned home after over 10 months…: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned home after over 10 months in exile.
Machado, who accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway in January, has been living in Norw…: Machado, who accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway in January, has been living in Norway.
Her ally, former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, confirmed the news on S…: Her ally, former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, confirmed the news on Sunday, writing: "I am thrilled to announce to you that our leader, my dear María Corina, is on Venezuelan soil." Machado's return comes as Venezuela fa
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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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Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader, has returned from exile after more than 10 months, following national protests demanding free elections. Machado's return is seen as a sign of the country's growing political unrest and calls for democratic reforms.
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