María Corina Machado, leader of the opposition to the government of Nicolás Maduro, the ousted Venezuelan president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, returned to Venezuela on Sunday, November 3, after almost a year away from her country. His media team released photos of him in the western state of Lara, showing him in the Pueblo de Santa Rosa square next to a church. "I'm here," Machado wrote in a message on social media. with all of you." According to Reuters, Trump said Sunday at the White House that he did not know about Machado's return. "She is a very good woman, but we are doing very well in Venezuela," he said of Machado. David Smolensky, Machado's senior adviser on foreign affairs, told Reuters that Machado would work to set a date for free and fair elections. The Maduro government had previously banned Machado from leaving Venezuela, but he secretly left the country at the end of 2025 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. He spent over a year mostly in hiding before coming out.

María Corina Machado, leader of the opposition to the government of Nicolás Maduro, the ousted Venezuelan president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, returned to Venezuela on Sunday, November 3, after almost a year away from her country. His media team released photos of him in the western state of Lara, showing him in the Pueblo de Santa Rosa square next to a church. "I'm here," Machado wrote in a message on social media. with all of you." According to Reuters, Trump said Sunday at the White House that he did not know about Machado's return. "She is a very good woman, but we are doing very well in Venezuela," he said of Machado. David Smolensky, Machado's senior adviser on foreign affairs, told Reuters that Machado would work to set a date for free and fair elections. The Maduro government had previously banned Machado from leaving Venezuela, but he secretly left the country at the end of 2025 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. He spent over a year mostly in hiding before coming out.