María Corina Machado, leader of the opposition to the Venezuelan government, says she has returned to the country.

María Corina Machado, leader of the opposition to the Venezuelan government, says she has returned to the country.

María Corina Machado, opposition leader of the Venezuelan government and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, announced on Sunday, November 3 that she has returned to Venezuela after being away from the country for almost a year.

Machado wrote on social media: "I'm here; with all of you."

He tried to strengthen his relationship with the Trump administration before the ouster of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro last winter. However, Trump has repeatedly supported Venezuela's interim president Delsey Rodríguez and Maduro's former deputy and praised the agreements of American companies in the field of oil production and other economic activities in this country.

Trump said in September that it was too early to consider holding democratic elections in Venezuela.

Last month, international energy companies pledged to expand their projects in Venezuela at a ceremony attended by Rodriguez and US Energy Secretary Chris Wright. Machado, on the other hand, emphasized that only a "serious and democratic government" can provide the necessary stability for investors.

He said in July that he would do whatever it takes to return to Israel and help the survivors of the two devastating earthquakes that month that killed at least 6,500 people and left thousands missing.

Ms Machado was barred from legally leaving Venezuela by Maduro's government, but she secretly left the country in late 2025, after more than a year of living mostly in hiding, to accept the Nobel Peace Prize.

A month after Machado left Venezuela, US forces arrested Nicolás Maduro, the country's former leader, and transferred him to New York to face criminal charges.

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