María Corina Machado Returns to Venezuela After Exile

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela after more than 10 months in exile. She announced her return on the social media platform X on Sunday, stating, "I am here. With you."

Her ally, former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, confirmed her arrival shortly after. "I am thrilled to announce to you that our leader, my dear María Corina, is on Venezuelan soil," he wrote.

Machado left Venezuela in January, a month after the United States sanctioned Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The U.S. government had previously backed Delcy Rodríguez, Maduro's deputy, who was sworn in as interim president and subsequently signed an oil agreement with the U.S.