The Venezuelan opposition leader returned home from exile to a country firmly under American control. How are her relations with Washington?

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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela on Sunday after being in exile for 10 months. “Estoy aquí. Con ustedes,” she wrote Sunday on social platform X, which translates to “I am here. With you.” Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, left the country under the protection of a U.S. rescue team…

It was her first appearance since the U.S. military deposed the country's then-President Nicolás Maduro, replacing him with an interim president who has exceeded the time she was authorized to serve, with no election scheduled.

Blocked from entering her country, Venezuela’s opposition leader spoke with The Times about her efforts to return and her relationship with the Trump administration.

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After nearly 10 months abroad, María Corina Machado, the anti-Chavista opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has returned to Venezuela. “I am here, with you,” the opposition figure wrote on social media on Sunday morning.

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After nearly 10 months in exile, Ms. Machado, a Nobel laureate, came back to challenge leaders who have sidelined her and press for new elections.

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President Trump says Venezuela is not ready for elections, and he focuses instead on its oil. But Secretary of State Marco Rubio is nudging talks between opposing politicians.

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