Machado returns home to Venezuela
The gist
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned home after more than 10 months in exile, posting "I am here. With you all."
Her return tests whether a Nobel-winning opposition can push for elections under a US-backed interim government.
How it unfolded
- Jan 2025Machado was briefly detained following a protest, then went into hiding in Venezuela for 11 months.
- Dec 2025She reappeared in Norway, where she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her peaceful challenge to Maduro's government.
- Jan 2026US forces seized President Nicolás Maduro and flew him to New York to face criminal charges; the Trump administration backed his deputy Delcy Rodríguez as interim president.