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Why did it take Machado nearly a year to get home?
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Footage on social media places her in Barquisimeto, the capital of Lara state, west of Caracas. How she got back is still unclear.
Caracas and Barquisimeto
Her short post on X was all she offered: I'm here. With you. Neither she nor González has given details of the return.
“I'm here. With you.”
Her party, Vente Venezuela, says she tried at least 7 times and failed before this, while the Guardian puts it above half a dozen.
7
She went into hiding after the disputed vote of July 2024, and left in December 2025 for Norway. Since then, US forces captured Maduro, and the Trump administration reportedly opposed her return.
- July 2024Disputed presidential vote
- December 2025Leaves for Norway
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Nobel laureate María Corina Machado returns to Venezuela after months in exileRead the article
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- SAPOMaria Corina Machado returns to Venezuela after ten months of exile
- The GuardianExiled Venezuelan opposition leader announces her return
- Le TempsMaria Corina Machado, 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner, returns to Venezuela after nearly a year of exile
- Spiegel OnlineMaria Corina Machado: Opposition politician announces return to Venezuela
- EL MUNDOTrump after Maria Corina Machado's return to Venezuela: “I hope she is safe”
- ANSA.itMaria Corina Machado returns to Venezuela: “I am among you”