Venezuelan opposition figure returns home Xinhua News Agency, Caracas, October 25 (Reporter Tian Roy) Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Colina Machado returned to the country on the 25th after leaving the country for nearly a year. Machado posted on social media on the 25th that she had returned to Venezuela. Information released by her news team showed that she appeared in a neighborhood in the western state of Lara and was due to travel to the capital Caracas on the evening of the 25th. Machado was banned from leaving the country by the Venezuelan government, but she secretly left the country in late 2025. According to foreign media reports, Machado has tried to enter Venezuela many times since then, but all have failed. Her team did not reveal how she returned this time. The Venezuelan government and some opposition representatives concluded the third round of political dialogue on the 21st, with the aim of reorganizing the Supreme Court and the Electoral Commission before the presidential election. Machado's objection was not involved. US President Trump said in an interview with the media on September 28 that it is too early to consider holding democratic elections in Venezuela.