Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Machado returns home The comeback is the result of 9 attempts made by Machado since June. She is one of the most famous politicians in Venezuela, which is why the Maduro regime banned her from participating in elections for 15 years in 2023, using political charges of inciting unrest. Since 2024, Machado lived in the country illegally and secretly, despite a ban from the authorities, left it in December 2025 by boat, and finally arrived in Norway to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. In the end, she passed her award on to Donald Trump, on whose orders, at the beginning of this year, the then leader of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, was captured and brought to trial in the United States.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Machado returns home The comeback is the result of 9 attempts made by Machado since June. She is one of the most famous politicians in Venezuela, which is why the Maduro regime banned her from participating in elections for 15 years in 2023, using political charges of inciting unrest. Since 2024, Machado lived in the country illegally and secretly, despite a ban from the authorities, left it in December 2025 by boat, and finally arrived in Norway to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. In the end, she passed her award on to Donald Trump, on whose orders, at the beginning of this year, the then leader of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, was captured and brought to trial in the United States.