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Exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado returns to rapturous reception in Venezuela

Thousands lined the streets of Caracas to welcome opposition leader Maria Corina Machado back to Venezuela after exile.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 4 sources•1 min read•Updated October 26, 2026, 10:14 AM UTC
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  • Machado had left the country just a month before the US government seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Thousands lined the streets of Caracas to welcome opposition leader Maria Corina Machado back to Venezuela after exile.

Nobel peace prize winner’s return after almost a year in exile is unlikely to please interim president Delcy Rodríguez The Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has announced she has returned to Venezuela almost a year after she left the country to receive the Nobel peace prize.

She was greeted by thousands of cheering supporters in Caracas.

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