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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who pipped Donald Trump to win 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, returns home after a year in exile

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Maria Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader who won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, returned home after nearly a year in exile on October 25, 2026. She was greeted enthusiastically by supporters in Lara, central-western Venezuela. Her return comes amid tensions with the US Trump administration, which previously captured President Nicolás Maduro and installed Delcy Rodríguez as interim president. Machado had been barred from running for office due to accusations of fraud and tax violations but won an independent presidential primary in 2023 with over 90% of the vote.

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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado returned to the country on October 25 after more than ten months in exile. She announced her return on social media with the message, "I am here. With you." Machado was greeted by supporters at a church in Lara state and has since been traveling through Venezuela.

Machado's return follows her brief arrest in January 2025 and her absence during which she received the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway last December. Her reappearance is seen as significant given the political landscape, particularly following President Nicolas Maduro's abduction by U.S. military forces in January 2026.

Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodriguez, who has been endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump and is collaborating with his administration on reforms including a deal for U.S. control over significant oil reserves, expressed hope that dialogue will provide space for all voices to be heard.

Machado's return has strained her relationship with the U.S., which initially praised Rodriguez’s government but now supports negotiations excluding Machado’s faction Vente Venezuela. The opposition leader faces potential challenges from the Supreme Court, where new magistrates may impact future elections and judicial decisions affecting her political eligibility and rights.

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It is not clear what Machado's plans are but she has said in the past she would run for president again if new elections were held. Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gestures upon arriving at a church in Lara, Venezuela on October 25, 2026 after returning to the country following a year in exile Supporters greet and take photographs of Ms Machado inside the church on October 25, 2026 In 2023 Machado announced her intention to run for president the following year, winning an independent presidential primary to decide the opposition's candidate with more than 90 per cent of the vote.

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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who pipped Donald Trump to win 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, returns home after a year in exile · assertive framing

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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who pipped Donald Trump to the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, has returned home after nearly a year in exile. asserted

who → pip → exile

With you all,' she wrote on social media early on Sunday, addressing her fellow countrymen. asserted

she → write → countrymen

Photographs showed Machado being enthusiastically greeted by supporters in a church in Lara in central-western Venezuela. asserted

Machado → show → Venezuela

However, her return risks straining ties with the US Trump administration, who captured the country's then-incumbent President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in a raid back in January. asserted

who → risk → January

Trump and his team selected Maduro's deputy, Delcy Rodríguez, as interim president. asserted

Trump → select → president

She went on to sign a favourable oil deal with the US in August. asserted

She → go → August

The American strike against Maduro came only a month after Machado travelled to Norway to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for what judges called 'her efforts to advance democracy in Venezuela'. asserted

judges → come → Venezuela

She was initially barred by Maduro's government from exiting Venezuela but secretly left in late 2025 to receive the award, after spending more than a year living mostly in hiding. asserted

She → bar → hiding

Machado → say → vote

However, she was barred from running for office by the Maduro administration, who accused her of fraud and tax violations. asserted

who → bar → fraud

Machado has consistently said the allegations against her were ideologically motivated. asserted

allegations → say → her

Her return was celebrated by her ally Edmundo González Urrutia, who ran as opposition presidential candidate in 2024 in her stead. asserted

who → celebrate → stead

He called her the country's 'sovereign voice'. asserted

He → call → her

He wrote on social media: 'Venezuela! asserted

He → write → Venezuela

I am thrilled to announce to you that our leader, my dear Maria Corina, is on Venezuelan soil. asserted

leader → announce → soil

Our sovereign voice returns to lead and guide this process! asserted

voice → return → process

'Very soon I will be with you and with her so that our country truly advances toward freedom.' asserted

country → advance → freedom

Machado has not as yet disclosed details about where she plans to base herself, or how she made it back into the country. asserted

she → disclose → country

Her desire to return had caused friction in Washington, with US officials asking her to delay her trip, it was reported in June. asserted

it → return → June

President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed support for interim President Delcy Rodriguez and hailed deals on oil production and other business ventures by US companies in the South American country. asserted

Trump → express → country

The US President said in September that it was too soon to consider democratic elections in Venezuela. asserted

it → say → Venezuela

Demonstrators hold up a sign reading 'Elections now!' during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela on October 22, 2026 International energy firms committed last month to expanding projects in the country in a signing ceremony overseen by Rodriguez and US Energy Secretary Chris Wright. asserted

firms → hold → Rodriguez

Machado has said only a 'serious, democratic government' can provide the stability needed by investors. asserted

government → say → investors

In June, she said she would do whatever it took to come home and help the survivors of devastating twin earthquakes that month, which killed at least 6,500 people and left thousands missing. asserted

which → say → thousands

A faction of the opposition and the interim government held their latest session of talks this month, which aim to remake the top court and electoral council, among other goals, ahead of eventual elections. asserted

which → hold → elections

They do not include Machado's political movement. asserted

They → include → movement